Carpe Diem #1609 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (13) water reflection
water reflection–
a flying squirrel across
the wisteria’s mantle © Takarai Kikaku (Tr. unknown)
sunken leaves rise
stirred by a skipped stone
Carpe Diem #1612 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (16) plumegrass
While you decline to cry,
high on the mountainside
a single stalk of plume grass wilts. © Ō no Yasumaro (circa 711), (Tr. Michael R. Burch)
beaten down by sun and wind
my heart echoes barren hill
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the sky is bluer
birds are singing once again
caressed by sunshine (C) Kim M. Russell
my love walks the garden
spring in each step
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full snow moon
stirs the ladybug
on cold bare branches © Hamish
easterly wind tugs my hair
a screech owl flies overhead
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water reflection–
a flying squirrel across
the wisteria’s mantle © Takarai Kikaku (Tr. unknown)
sunken leaves rise
stirred by a skipped stone
Carpe Diem #1523 H.F. Noyes’ … rusty toy truck (Renga With …)
bright fall day
the brook wanders off
its shimmer lingers
wittering pine siskins
flashing yellow
raking aside leaves
on the backyard pond
I release the moon
a koi breaks its hold
in a wake of ripples
evening walk
the creak of my boots
invades the stars
stirrings of crickets echo
in the distance an owl’s screech
full moon rising
nowhere on the empty beach
to hide our love
seeds of passion surge
a stolen kiss returned
as if nothing happened
the crow there
the willow here
walk continues
down forgotten trail
rusty toy truck
stuck on the mudbank
a cargo of blossoms
filtered light of a street lamp
illuminating sakura
© H.F. Noyes © Dolores
Carpe Diem #1512 Chiyo-Ni … THE female haiku master (Renga With …)
The hokKu for this renga are by my favorite haiku artist, Chiyo-Ni
morning glory!
the well bucket-entangled,
I ask for water
from the pond itself
my hand stirs reflection
a single spider’s thread
ties the duckweed
to the shore
watching in fascination
the eight legged trapeze artist
a dandelion
now and then interrupting
the butterfly’s dream
bits of fluff airborne
twirl with delight
sound of things
dropping from the tree–
autumn wind
tall grasses turning to seed
summer flowers brown with age
parents older than I
are now my children
the same cicadas
keeping the passage of time
the river ebbs and flows
to listen,
fine not to listen, fine too…
nightingale
songs of the seasons
songs of sadness and joy
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (20) in an empty shoe
rest on the field –
a lonely cricket chirping
in an empty shoe © Virginia Popescu
workers long since
home with their harvest
Renga With Basho #9 A Mark On The Wall
path of the sun
the hollyhock leans into
early summer rain
shallow roots struggling
for a deeper ballast
don’t be like me
even though we’re like the melon
split in two
neglected and forgotten
our relationship decays
wait awhile
cut the soy beans to the sound
of monks beating bowls
sync the rhythm of our lives
press my heart to yours
summer rain
where the poem card peeled off
a mark on the wall
your words scaring my heart
crumbling tear stained paper
building a bridge
between snow-covered mountains
white egrets
flimsy patch bares its limit
broken threads dangle loosely
plovers fly away
the evening grows later with
cold mountain winds
our hands linger momentarily
last touch as we separate
© Matsuo Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold, taken from: Basho, the complete haiku)
grass on river bank
bending over in warm breeze
pale moon looking down © Ken Gierke (RivrVlogr)
floats tree silhouettes
stirred by the stars
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (15) broken by the storm
broken by the storm
the asters’ fragrance rises
out of damp earth © Jane Reichhold
gathering debris
I find a robin egg intact
broken by the storm
the asters’ fragrance rises
out of damp earth © Jane Reichhold
my heart drawing strength
to weather its own onslaught
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (14) sparkling wine
Sparkling wine
Flames dance in her hand
He is granted a smile © Yozakura
lingering a moment
then whisked away by another
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