Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1358 Clouds
down the beach
at the height of winter waves
mist clouds © Jane Reichhold
summer sands carried back to sea
my heart shrinks with the beach © Dolores Fegan
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1854 morning awakenings
morning awakenings:
among window curtains’ flower
a blade of gray sky
© Alexey Andreyev
another day ends
reaching for the stars and the moon
into the dreamworld
© Chèvrefeuille
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task to create a “crossroads” haiku.
stars and the moon
merge into dream world flowers
morning sky seems gray
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1853 Sparkling Dew (Tan Renga)
morning sun
the twinkle of stars
still in the dew
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
morning sun
the twinkle of stars
still in the dew © Jane Reichhold
my grandson pours the contents
from one leaf to another. © Dolores Fegan
Carpe Diem’s Sunday Time Challenge #1: Pebbles
fallen bird seed
among the fresh laid pebbles
sunflowers sprout
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1850 dried grass
tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru
falling sick on a journey
my dream goes wandering
over a field of dried grass
© Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)
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Pandemic lockdown
hospice patients pass
without witness
Autumn walk
decapitated mushrooms
line the path
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Unending rain
Black spot and root rot
Embrace the garden
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Autumn cold
my thoughts swimming
in lemon tea
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Changing seasons
another leave released
to the wind
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autumn tears
an oak tree drowns
in a mushroom cap
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Pandemic scare
my dreams mired
in stagnant pool
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Autumn prayers
a monarch Butterfly lands
on my outstretched hand
Carpe Diem #1846 Trying to restart again
wet spring
discarding drown plants
setting new seedlings
replacing flowers
by the cold wet stone
spring hatchlings chirp
tears dried, visits lessen
conversation growing thin
Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #116 Renga With … waiting for the full moon
in nooks and corners
cold remains:
flowers of the plum © Buson
spring breeze toys with my jacket
gilling the folds with winter
a dandelion
now and then interrupting
the butterfly’s dream © Chiyo-Ni
meadow grasses gently sway
on the edges of my dreams
the thunderstorm having cleared up
the evening sun shines on a tree
where a cicada is chirping © Shiki
the laziness of summer
encompassing the last light
ancient warriors ghosts
mists over the foreign highlands –
waiting for the full moon © Chèvrefeuille
this midsummer’s night I too
await the goddess
the autumn wind:
thickets and fields also,
Fuha Barrier © Basho
leaves swirl in the shallow waters
bumping the rock of Fuha
simply trust:
do not also the petals flutter down,
just like that © Issa
Autumn’s colorful dance
will give way to a new spring
Carpe Diem #1811 Valentine’s Day …
coldest day this year
we light all the candles
slow dancing for warmth
Carpe Diem #1812 The Day After Valentine’s Day …
day after valentine’s
needle bumping the turn table
clothes scattered on floor
day after valentine’s day
you wrap your arms around me
as I wash dishes
paper cards pinned
on the refrigerator
love frozen in time
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