Carpe Diem #1809 Wedding Bells
The choka can be almost any length, because its form depends on alternating phrases (or lines) containing either seven of five sound units (onji). The end of the poem is signaled by two lines of seven sounds. So the form is five/seven, five/seven, five seven, …. , seven/seven. it is then followed by a tanka like envoy. This was a popular form of Japanese poetry in the 9th century.
hands folded in prayer
the death bell tolls out
Carpe Diem #1808 LOVE acrostic challenge
Dodoitsu is a form of Japanese poetry developed towards the end of the Edo Period. Often concerning love or work, and usually comical, Dodoitsu poems consist of four lines with the syllabic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme or metre.
An example of a Dodoitsu:
One Night
one night I searched for a star
what I found was a full moon
now my every day is
full of shooting stars
© Ben Gieske (2012)
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Lavender scented candles
Oboe quietly trilling
Valentines waiting for exchange
Eating chocolate
Late night stroll, holding hands
Ordinary stars shine bright
Venus perched above our house
Enchanted evening
Happily waiting for you
Opening arms and heart wide
Me and you for an evening
Eternal love shade by two
Carpe Diem #1805 Introducing our new Theme … Love month
Unconditional love is a rare thing and so beautiful. As a former teacher of special need children and as a hospice volunteer, I have gotten to see this in a parents love for a child, and in children caring for parents or spouses for their loved one with Alzheimers.
lost within
despite feeble hands and body
my love will sustain
Carpe Diem #1804 New Beginnings … candlelight
Candlelight -Fusion-ku
a new year
rising from wild seas
a few stars
filling
the glass with candlelight
champagne
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
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beyond wild seas
champagne colored stars rising
filling the new year
beyond wild seas
searching for your vessel
disquieted heart
champagne colored stars rising
shinning upon the waves
bringing light and hope
filling the new year
with songs and prayers of joy
as you approach
Carpe Diem #1803 New Beginnings … snowdrops
new patch of snowdrops
rushing to pick springs first blooms
barefoot on fresh snow
sparse strip of green grass
dotted with white gravel
\Carpe Diem #1802 New Beginnings … without beginning
Without Beginning -ēnso
day after day
waves break upon the rock
as first light spreads
single enos
found in the empty circle
all I didn’t know
before you nothing
your love all encompassing
forever one
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without a clue
naked and mysterious
enos paining
meanings ebb and flow
in the beholder’s eyes
Carpe Diem #1801 New Beginnings … first cry
halfway through winter
first cry of migrating geese
pierces the sky
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mother’s passing
heartbreaks first cry
soaking the pillow
Carpe Diem #1800 New Beginnings … first leaf falling
changing seasons
sky turning crimson
first leaf lets go
Carpe Diem #1799 New Beginnings … a huge wave (Crossroads feature)
a huge wave
thundering across the beach
my birthday
sky-clad
the new-born comes wrapped
in previous lives . Jane Reichhold
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sky – clad dreams
thundering wave crashes
wrapped in memories
sky – clad dreams
fill the air with excitement
newborns first cry
thundering wave crashes
emotions run rampant
new parents
wrapped in memories
grandparents kindly smile
treasure-trove of love
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