Saturday, September 30, 2017

Friday, September 29, 2017

Celebration

Plum blossom in the snow


Celebration
finally, winter has gone
early plum blossoms
                                                                             © Chèvrefeuille

light fragrance tickles the nostrils
as soon as I get outside

spring thaw
human&dog cakewalk
cracks on the ice

awakened sparrows
looking for last year crumbs

morning sun
glances joyfully
early plum blossoms

a little petal’s soaring
even a bird has a dream…
                                                                   © Humbird


Read more at Carpe Diem weekend-meditation #4 Soliloquy no renga (solo-renga): Celebration

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

at the courtyard

Courtyard blues


at the courtyard
curly creepers keep track
the stories

hastily tapping heels,
creak of loosely closed door
to the barn…



Read more at CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI, CD Imagination, courtyard blues

Sunday, September 24, 2017

the fool

Winding road

winding road
the part I see
again



Read more at CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI, CD Imagination, winding road

on the river


On the river
lights float to the horizon
the dead rejoice
                                      ©Basho

on the river
breeze cradling the water
silently

lights float to the horizon
little sovereign home-links
in a big chain

the dead rejoice
reading the letters
offspring



Read more at CARPE DIEM Weekend Meditation #3, on the river

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Thursday, September 14, 2017

a half-moon dream


in my garden
starflowers bloom
come and see
                                                                                                                © Chiyo-Ni (age 6)

in my garden
unknown souls
host a show

starflowers bloom
every morning I find one
when my soul and I touch

come and see
sitting with me
the half-moon dream
                                                             © Humbird


Image source: CCO Creative Commons

Read more at CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI Weekend Meditation #2, a hundred gourds, troiku

Friday, September 8, 2017

three raindrops


Three raindrops
a greeting card from heaven....
midsummer heat
                                                                             © Issa

red-hot asphalt -
sizzling fry thoughts
                   © Humbird

flying away
following the rainbow
into heaven
                                         © Chèvrefeuille

open for new beginnings
and ascending stars
                                        © Humbird



*Image source: CCO Creative Commons

Read more at CARPE DIEM's Tan Renga Challenge weekend meditation #1 raindrops

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Autumn


clarity
with the last leaf burnt
in your eye
auburn with moisture
autumn glamor

on the porch
sidestepping around
the wind-owl


Read more at CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI, CD Imagination #3, autumn colors

Monday, September 4, 2017

the roots

Despair (image found on Tumblr)



bare to the roots
wrapped in the prickly sly mist -
reminiscence

hanging on a soft swayed hammock
the way the wind blows


Read more at CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI, CD Imagination #2, despair

Saturday, September 2, 2017

life-giving water

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immersion
as if a dry land
into the path

burned bare heels /soles bathed in
sane would hardly follow…



Read more at CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI Imagination #1 ending road 

Friday, September 1, 2017