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White Sleet in Peach Street Lights (Renga)
white sleet in peach street lights – he walks alone on morning’s edge his footsteps blossom and die on the wet sidewalks from ten stories high I sketch his retreat – warm face, cold...
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Tall Grasses (Haibun)
Let us pause and enjoy the tall grasses today – The brown stalks that surround the empty cornfields are just as lovely when they are brown as when they were fresh and green. They bow with the wind...
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Nature Sleeps (Tan Renga)
At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, our task was to take this lovely haiku by Becca Givens and add two lines (in approximately 7-7) to create a tanka. This is called ‘tan renga’. Here is our host’s offering:...
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Exhaling Vapor (Tanka)
exhaling vapor everywhere I go – cold forest walk – a damn fine cup of coffee waiting at the end ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Pop Culture. Yes, I know — shake your head in dismay, it’s alright...
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Listen (Haiku)
listen – tall grass says plenty in the first snow ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, where “miscanthus” (“susuki”) is our inspiration. It is another of the seven sacred flowers of autumn....
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32 Degrees (Haibun)
Shoveling snow at 32 degrees – I love it! – even when Mother Nature can’t decide what to send. “Snow! Sleet! How about slush? Mmm … no. Ice pellets, perhaps? Let’s send it all! Why not?” I...
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Night and Full Silence (Haiku)
night and full silence – stars are coming and going in the sycamores ◊ night holds its breath – strings of pearls in the sycamores ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem Special #116: Tomas Tranströmer’s “And the...
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First Sleet of Winter (Haiga)
◊ first sleet of winter – even reflections shivering ◊ Linked to Haiku Horizons: Cold ←◊→ Tagged: cold, haiga, haiku, haiku horizons, reflections, shivering, sleet, winter
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russet and scarlet (haiku)
◊ russet and chestnut – green leaves take new names marrying winter ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Kanshicho and Heeding Haiku with HA: (chestnut or balloon) ←◊→ Tagged: Carpe Diem...
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Riding a Cold Wind (Haiku)
riding a cold wind mottled leaves take flight – pintos on the move ◊ Carpe Diem: Escape Haiku Horizons: Cold ←◊→ Tagged: Autumn, Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, cold, escape, flight, haiku, haiku horizons,...
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Shadowy Things (Haiku)
shadowy things on the fringe of a winter’s night – scowling at lanterns ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem #612, where “lantern” is our inspiration. Here is some background on the traditional tōrō lantern,...
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With Face Upturned (Tanka)
with face upturned and wooden with cold I meet winter as each star blinks out behind the first snow ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem Ghost Writer #35, where I was honored to be able to introduce Otagaki...
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Mountain Roared / Roads Glisten (Haiku)
then the mountain roared: flames of snow burn the forest and the farmlands, too ◊ the roads glisten where the silver dragon hissed – fog on the mountain Linked to Carpe Diem Special #119: Tomas...
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Spiraling Snowflakes / On a Crisp Morning (Haiku)
spiraling snowflakes – the path of water striders on a rippling creek ◊ on a crisp morning the whirligigs are bouncing – cold water, boiling Linked to Carpe Diem Little Creatures #13: Whirligig...
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Dream in a Dream / Dissolve (Tan Renga)
Linked to Carpe Diem Tan Renga #61: A Dream in a Dream. Our task was to add two lines (in approximately 7/7) to Georgia’s wonderful hokku: a dream in a dream sand slipping through old fingers autumn...
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Beyond the Next Mountain (Haiku)
beyond the next mountain is a wonderful journey – perhaps paradise ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem #614: Paradise, where our host Chèvrefeuille shared two haiku about paradise: tropical island...
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So Danged Cold (Haiku)
so danged cold even light takes a hike – hello, winter! ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem #615: Exodus. Here is our host’s haiku on this theme: a last leaf swirls on the wind towards the east - first snow...
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First Light on First Snow (Tanka / Photo Editing)
first light on first snow – the scent of brown leaves sleeps until spring – at the pawing of deer autumn stirs slightly ◊ Linked to the One-Four Challenge at Robyn’s Fine Art and shared with...
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Wheels of Stars, Spinning (Haiku – Photoku)
wheels of stars, spinning – remembering Vincent in the winter sky ◊ ◊ Ronovan Writes – Photoku Challenge “Spin” and “Wheels” ◊ 1. Wheel in Tyrol; 2. Alpha Capricorni; 3. August Rodin – The Thinker; 4....
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An Evening of Sleet (Haiku)
an evening of sleet – the disabled man lends his arm to a child ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem Special #37: Richard Wright. Here is the haiku for our inspiration: In the falling snow A laughing boy holds out...
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This Unbroken Snow (Haiku)
this unbroken snow swept by a withering wind – a spider’s last shroud ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem Little Creatures #14, where Basho’s “Spring Rain” is our inspiration: spring rain, leaking through the...
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Snow in the Ferns (Solo Renga)
snow in the ferns – three doves shelter in the damp fluffing their feathers the first snow falls heavily flattening the green the last pink flowers – bend their knees to winter with a snap leaves...
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Afternoon Sun (Photoku)
◊ afternoon sun – plops of wet snow slide from the pines ◊ Ronovan Writes: Photoku Challenge “Snow” and “Slides” ◊ All photos this week are my own. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ←◊→ Tagged: afternoon sun, FotoSketcher,...
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Curtain of Light / Jubilant (Tan Renga)
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...
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Toothy (Haiku / Photo Editing)
◊ toothy – winter snarls in frost ◊ Shared with Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Frost and One-Four Challenge at Robyn’s Fine Art. In the One Four Challenge we take one original image and process it in...
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neither here nor there (kikôbun / haibun)
I’ve never visited Caledonia State Park on purpose. Someday I’ll spend the day there – alone and with the “real” camera! – but so far my visits have consisted of stolen hours on my way to or from...
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dragon mail armor (haiku)
dragon mail armor under rabbit pelt snow winter sidewalks – ◊ This is Babette, who arrived at my house on Christmas morning. :) ◊ ←◊→ Tagged: armor, Babette, dragon, fantasy, haiku, leap...
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twigs / winter trees (joseph’s star / haiku)
twigs gingerly conjured into a cradle for three miracles a quaint summer home now vacant yours ◊ winter trees – filled with autumn fruit for no one Linked to BJ’s Shadorma and Beyond at...
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winter whispers (haiku – photoku)
. winter whispers – sparkles of moonlight sliced by phone lines . For Weekly Photoku Challenge / Linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #1: Juxtaposition. Also linked to the Weekly Photoku...
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endless night / whisper of snowflakes (tan renga)
At Carpe Diem Tan Renga #68, our task is to take Ese’s wonderful hokku and add two lines in approximately 7/7 to create “tan renga” – a sort of “tanka for two”. Here is Ese’s poem: the endless night...
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ice festival (kyoka)
Ice Festival – clutching a hot chocolate for its warmth – but what a dilemma – you can’t have heat and drink it too ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem #644: First Market. Our host Chèvrefeuille explains that...
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try sun, try (tanka)
try sun, try: surely you can pierce this gray called “january” . and still the sleet throws stones inside and outside ◊ Haiku Horizons: Try ←◊→ Tagged: blues, haiku horizons, january, moon...
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how gently (tanka)
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winter branches (haiku)
◊ winter branches – over-under-over-under woven with moonlight ◊ . Linked to Carpe Diem Writing Techniques #3: Repetition. I will Continue reading →
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just out of reach (haiku)
◊ just out of reach – pheasant’s eye, blossoming on snowy tree trunks ◊ . Linked to Carpe Diem #652: Continue reading →
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parting my breath / so cold (haiku)
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first seed catalog (haiku / haiga)
◊ Linked to Carpe Diem #655: First Calligraphy (Kakizome). (For what it’s worth, I think “first seed catalog” should be Continue reading →
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in the thicket (haiku)
◊ in the thicket what do chipmunks dream while vacationing? ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem #659: Yabu-iri (Servant’s Day). Yabu-iri Continue reading →
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brown chrysanthemums (haiku)
brown chrysanthemums encased in winter’s first ice – my tears can’t free them ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem Little Creatures Continue reading →
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distant wind chime (haiku)
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splintered thorn (haiku)
splintered thorn – even the rose must bow to winter ◊ Linked to the Just for Fun Poetry Challenge at Continue reading →
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somewhere (tanka)
* somewhere under the ice shelf – echoes . winter’s curtain is closing – what a performance! * ◊ Continue reading →
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ice-bound meadow (haiga)
◊ ice-bound meadow – ribby deer flank to flank to flank ◊ ◊ Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Meadow ←◊→ Tagged: Continue reading →
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overnight (tanka – haiga)
◊ overnight spring’s purple spears bristle . winter wheezes and slinks away ◊ Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Magnolias A tanka Continue reading →
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how soft underfoot (haiku)
◊ Linked to Carpe Diem #691: Witch Hazel. This is a small bush or tree that lives in damp forest Continue reading →
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winter begs of spring (haiga)
◊ ◊ For Heeding Haiku with HA: Spring ◊ ◊ Winter begs of Spring: just one more poem! … and Continue reading →
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tut-tut / it’s spring (haiga)
◊ ◊ ◊ Linked to Carpe Diem #695, where “Fashionista” was our prompt. The first haiku seems to be the Continue reading →
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in apology (haiga)
◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ Yes, Willie Nelson is one of my guilty pleasures. No, Mother Nature doesn’t apologize for nuthin’. Continue reading →
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ragged edges
ragged edges around my green heart – i am summer grass perched at autumn’s edge measuring the sun Continue reading →
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gray to white
gray to white these winter fields – my Rosebud slips away in opium dreams Carpe Diem Fields Continue reading →
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