Falls gladly

Gerda Wegener

The delicate wrists, breaking the provincial canons of time,

grazed at monotonous landscapes & lifeless interiors,

brought her fame.

Munching looming twilight a new car & the muse resolutely

rippled through loneliness of streets to fresh beginning...

wet winter tufts

built up burden on cartwheels

way to obscurity

by MMT

Read more at: Imaginary gardens with real toads

Three Word Wednesday,

Sunday's Whirligig,

Mindlovemisery's Menagerie, Heeding Haiku With  Chèvrefeuille

Birth

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                  Dark pine needles

                  pointed to the sky

                  had ripped its cover

                  a newborn butterfly soared

                  between two racing rain drops

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

The sky of tomorrow

Photo by Svetlana Kvashina ~ pinterest

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                                     writing vibes...

                                     saturated clouds

                                     taking detour

                                     on my nose

                                     blossoming snowflakes

                                            **

                                     foretell

                                     the sky of tomorrow

                                     full moon rises

                                           ***

                                    at the beach

                                    the secret of loneliness

                                    pink shells

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI #886: the journey continues

Cherished song

Photo credits:  Deviant Art (Eredel)

so fragile

it hangs on the bough

novel snow

reminisce

cherry tree petals skydive

wear woodlands in snow

by MMT #39

Read more at:  B&P's Shadorma & Beyond, Sunday's Whirligig

know where to walk...

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Walking, walking…

oak in December mood

wood still

till wind blow

low degrees

trees trembling

inked skies

eyes are squeezed

is the weather warm enough?

ruff! ruff! – a dog guarding door

for next two months

chance for a big snow

knowing where is New Year Star, akin

kings walking, walking…

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weaving a nest

 

Protection of important things ~ by Brooke Shaden

                             weaving a nest

                    a fest brought close

                    dose of bird's cycle

                    sigh call of past

                    fast rendezvous

                    vow to bond

                    fond of bounty nature

                    nurtured weaving a nest

Squares

 Anne Worner “Don’t Fall In” CC BY 2.0 ~ flickr.com

Squares…

arrow where we meet

committed the following

wing-clipped

it’s fatal

at all the sizes

as we step in footstep

ape-creatures

chores, our day’s eye

design filled with

ease – sometimes white

bright – you look back

ache, hurt to be one

unapproved – switch

itch/inch to black

echoing squares…

Read more at: Photo Challenge at Mindloveisery's Menagerie

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Walking sage

Basho's Deep road ~ sonic. net

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walking sage

late afternoon tranquility

sun still scene

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rocks

thrown in the river

by mount foot

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thump inside

climbing the mossy shrine

my whole being

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linked verse

guided to the forest of error

clear note of reed pipe

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sliding in the sun

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~&~

Deepest of Honshu

island finds color and shades

sliding in the sun

~&~

coastline

thoughts soaking in the garden

even goldfish

~&~

in the hardship

traveling wandering journey

ants and I

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Circular poem

The patterns go

flow – vertical, horizontal

tall and short, throughout

out I go when tired

red makes me believe

leaves have second life

strive I drink pure water

tore the pages of past

at last I can write much more

bored? not – always at new

venue to discover what tickle

call from empowered fates

fades the patterns’ go…

Read  more at:  B&P's Shadorma & Beyond: circular poem

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the journey continues

Iris

goodfon.su/wallpaper

On the horizon

tall lined town homes walls

the rain

bow to the fresh iris leaves

fell from the roof

a prayer for good health

By the river

Credits: Matsushima Island (Woodblock Print)

tall sedges clusters

scattered tombstones by temple

among the trees

darkening sky

listening to ding-dong curfew

no rain

dividing the day

boisterous song of blind minstrel

fishermen catch

morning sun

the homage to the great god

creative mind

built vermillion fencing

bows before altar

Islands

Far out into the sea

stretching caressing sand palms

islands of Matsushima

pines piles bend under the wind

curved in exquisite lines

endowed of feminine grace

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Distorted colors

Dear souls

passed over to the next room

in silence

they know, feel

appear in the placid moment

our thoughts

touching surface

a tissue of growing

self-planted forest

trees and bushes

to mark the security

shape truth

the obituary

evoked by distorted colors

so resonant life

Read more at: Three Word Wednesday, PU Mid-Week Motif

Autumn reflections

Osprey drops on nest ~ by  Minnesotabirder.com

Winged grace

fitting in the past

witnesses the last steps

Winged grace

osprey nest on the tall pole

stays on the trail

Fitting in the past

time tracks tricky patterns

same size shoes

Witnesses the last steps

facing a passage

in his eyes

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Autumn reflections

into the deep north

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willow tree

mourning dead at Murder stone

by the hot spring

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barrier-gate

invitation to taste rice

across the field

mixed with sounds of wind

blooming syllables of poems

***

shadow pond

recollection of ancient poets

in my journal

pure snow white fields

wordless

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: our journey continues 

a summer journey

by Katsushika Hokusai

through the misty hat

pulled down to the mount foot

a glance

eyes of defeated serpent

pierced my heart

a waterfall

parted the curtain

huge leap

to shrine craggy cave

seen from behind

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Winter

wallpapers

Lackadaisical at times, she's makeshifting along the snow banks and trails, filling emptiness – visual and ethereal.

Now we have sufficient excuse:  cold, winter - it’s safe to 

stay at home.

Its white colored flesh – a new nude, hiding so many winterers yet provoking to peek within.

Who knows where Grail has been buried…

winter

between fall and spring

boot camp

Read more at: Three Word Wednesday, Mindlovemisery's Menagerie

White

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Snow

building white mountains

over dry plants

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the car

trying on a new dress

ivory – the best?

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snowy day

digging in deep doubts

until afternoon

 Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Thin ice excuse

The soul climbs out…

its bare branch-bone grabs a cold

snowy ground,

elaborates: why grass has

one more chance to send stalk blades…

holograms

penetrating the sun skin

through the first snow -

thin ice excuse…

not knowing

how to cover our wounds, we

forever breathe/form

layers/foam of steam, snow banks

blocks boldly into our lives’

adjourned ajour …

Tavan Bogd

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Tavan Bogd mountains

the noise - growing intense

on the border

listening to shaman drums

the neighbors dream of peace

                                                              

                                                           

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Tastes

Joachim Beuckelaer, 1560

Beyond dispute

the tastes are different

when a table is covered

Read more at: Magpie Tales

First snow

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night walk

where did the full moon hide

gratitude

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seasonal greetings

I taste snow morning

in old shoes

***

first steps

the wind stumbles in the snow

every year

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

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Antlers

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flying deer

when we have reached a hilltop

on the rock

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magma World tree

that shamans climb

meet the spirit

***

through deer antlers

mighty deities talk

life and death

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: flying deer

Sacred valley

primaverafineart.com ~ Shiveet Khairkhan-Sacred Mountain by Joe Rohde

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Stronger wind

climbing one of the dunes

reached the top

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mountains

belted brain bravery

stretched around the valley

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petroglyphs

how vague –time dimension

carvings of Tuvan world

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Winterers

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Falling leaves

covered up underground

a roof of winterers

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: paradox

Reading nature

iphonephotographyschool.com

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Bare couture

who cares in transparent age

play-sky dive open

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on fly, so vital

puddingly cruel

lambs-like entourage

***

in flower facets

true-read  yellow-violet cups

ambrosia

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Tengri, sky worship

The thought

painting by Rubens Peale

I had the thought

hasn’t reached the pen

hasn’t made to field

of lines and spaces

tides and ebbs.

Its flesh filled fall

drifts in the holy mist

light cloud

above abyss’

hidden secrets.

Tamed magpie

hazelnut eye pass

a glitter ring in the beak

who dares to lost

the last word to speak…

by Brenda Warren

Read more at: Magpie Tales , The Sunday Whirl 

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Vista

Vistas Altai Mountains ~ wallpapers

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Eagle’s wide vista

from the peak of Altai

hills breathe peacefully.

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Serrated snow tops

punctured grey sky vista

to storm.

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Shaman song

a new vista

to faith.

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: vista

Ovoo

Credits: Ovoo (Sacred stones) ~ courtesy of  Chèvrefeuille

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Altai Mountains

follow the path of the shaman

altar of sacred stones

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Cairn of ovoo

on the top of mountains

small stone in my sandal

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strewed sand in the face

spirit passing Altai steppes –

honking of the horn

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rewinding time

traveling safe journey

I add my story

*****

at the end of summer

a blue khadag open sky

light the fire

Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI : sacred stones Ovoo