At Carpe Diem Tan Renga #64, our task was to add two lines (in approximately 7/7) to Dolores’ wonderful hokku about the Northern Lights – creating tan renga (tanka-for-two, if you will). Here is her hokku:
curtain of light
shimmers in the winter cold
flight of fancy (Dolores)
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Frederick Church. Aurora Borealis, 1865. Wikimedia.
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Here is our host’s contribution:
curtain of light
shimmers in the winter cold
flight of fancy (Dolores)
in the middle of the night
Mother Nature’s light show (Chèv)
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And here is my own:
curtain of light
shimmers in the winter cold
flight of fancy (Dolores)
in jubilant snow fairies
dancing among the street lights (Paloma)
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Tagged: Aurora Borealis, Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, FotoSketcher, Frederick Edwin Church, Fun with PicMonkey.com, haiku, northern lights, photo editing, snow, tan renga, Tanka, winter
