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 #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 #1599 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (3) garden at sunrise
garden at sunrise
shadows erased by first rays
sunflowers turning © Ken Gierke (RivrVlogr)
in praise the new day
moon surfing the horizon<
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
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (19) broken sunflower
broken sunflower
torn apart by a rainstorm —
puddles on the path © Chèvrefeuille, your host
relationship ending
mud splatters everywhere
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
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together (III) (9) between dusty cars
between dusty cars
an orange butterfly flits
the traffic rumbles Kim M. Russell, 26th August 2018
a plastic bag swirls
caught in the wind
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