Holiday Troiku

 

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #62 Troiku for the holidays …

piece of straw
blown off into emptiness
a new beginning

© Chèvrefeuille

piece of straw
carefully woven with red
Christmas Star

blown of into the emptiness
last notes of a song
a mother’s lullaby

a new beginning
full moon shining
pathway in the dark

Sweet Perfume

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #54 Crossroads Crystal Brook (troiku)

crystal brook
reflects the willow trees
birds sing their song

sweet perfume
memories of a loved one
Jasmine blossom

© Yozakura

jasmine scent
stirred by the brook
birdsong memories

jasmine scent
her sweet perfume
lingering

stirred by the brook
cattails gently sway
against the pail blue sky

birdsong memories
how I long for summer
carefree days

Where Shadows Chase Light

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #50 Rabindranath Tagore’s “where shadow chases light”

 

by my door I wait
greeting life with contented hope
that love will return

by the road I wait
changing light shadows dance
keeping me company

greeting life with contented hope
I savor the perfume of promise
the beauty of nature

that love will return
and I will no longer be alone
our home flooded with joy

My Lucky Tea

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #43 Troiku Challenge: My Lucky Tea

tonight’s moon–
how many mountains resemble
the ones back home?

going outside
plum blossoms dive in…
my lucky tea
© Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue)

New Year’s eve
moon dives into memories
back home sipping tea

New Year’s eve
plum blossoms swirl
over the mountains

moon dives into memories
your hand brushing mine
a ghost from the past

back home sipping tea
family and friends gather
wrapped in laughter

 

 

Crossroads: Chilly Coolness

Carpe Diem Crossroads #13 chilly coolness
two haiku to work with:

chilly coolness
my feet on the wall
for a midday nap

the color of wind
planted artlessly
in a garden of reeds

© Matsuo Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

colorful wind
afternoon serenade
flowers sway along

 

colorful wind
twirling all the linen
this wash day

afternoon serenade
resting in the oak’s shade
feet dangling in brook

flowers sway along
as the air is stirred
by working women

 

 

 

A Distant Mountain

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #40 Troiku Challenge “a distant mountain”
a distant mountain
seen in the sunlight:
a desolate field

a leaf of a paulownia tree
has fallen
in the sunlight

© Takahama Kyoshi (Tr. Katsuya Hiromoto)

mountain paulownia tree
t
he last leaf falls silently

in the sunlight

mountain paulownia tree
d
eep purple shadows
bathed in stories

the last leaf falls silentl
y
no one around to see
it’s departure

in the sunlight
tales of the past
no longer remembered

Cherry Blossom – Fusion Troiku

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #37 Troiku Challenge “Time”

perpetual snow
reflects the sunlight –
I dream of a nude beach                            © Chèvrefeuille

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through tears
cherry blossoms scattered
by the breeze                                              © Chèvrefeuille

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cherry blossoms
reflecting sunlight
snowy breeze                                      My fusion Haiku

Hanami at the riverside

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Troiku

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cherry blossoms
reflecting sunlight
snowy breeze

cherry blossoms
fading to soon
passage to summer

reflecting sunlight
teardrops fall
on faded petals

snowy breeze
dries my tears
carrying new hope

Bare Branches – Troiku

 Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #31 Troiku … “bare branches”

bare branches
a painting against the blue sky
leaves under my feet

© Yozakura, the Wandering Spirit

bare branches
stretch in the dawn
dropping shadows

a painting against the blue sky
fades quickly
winter approaches

leaves under my feet
crackle with the frost
the sting of your absence

Weekend Meditation -First Line Only

Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #16 Only The First Line “steel blue night”

“a walk through the city”

a walk through the city
wet snow clinging
to the heart

“hot summer day”

hot summer day
the mosquito’s whine
blended with beauty

“the passing spring”

the passing spring
daffodils fade
into the night

“steel blue night”

steel blue night
moonflowers burgeon
across the lawn

 

Troiku Challenge

“lost in the corn fields”

lost in the corn fields
sounds of summer
reverberating

lost in the corn fields
sound of laughter
hidden children

sounds of summer
invading my dreams
stirring hope

reverberating
within a maze
faded memories