Oyogi, Japanese for “swimming”, prompt featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
father joined navy
- Anchors Away!
tells stories of sailors who
learned to swim at sea…
necessary life skill while
aboard aircraft carrier
man overboard, oyogi!
18 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in senryu, Uncategorized Tags: aircraft carrier, father, navy, swim
texting: italic to gothic
18 Jun 2018 2 Comments
in decastitch Tags: calligraphy, ink, manuscript, parchment, scribes
A “decastitch” poem of one stanza, ten lines, ten syllables each. Linking to the dark side of the moon
writer’s birthday gift: calligraphy kit
with how-to manual, paper and ink
pen with precise metal nibs in three widths
hold tip at forty-five degree angle
blotting excess ink on paper towel
discover classic skill of ancient scribes
consider precious manuscripts preserved
carefully practice each alphabet style
experimenting with parchments and fonts
admire peacock blue, favorite ink hue
lifespan
14 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: believe, breathe, life
breathe
receive
leave
believe
achieve
grieve
bereave
for love of chlorophyll
13 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in classical haiku Tags: gowth, leaves, maple, summer, sunlight
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai where kigo (season word) is young maple leaves.
photo by lynn
young maple leaves
ecstasy of summer growth
in dappled sunlight
hearts like leaves
10 Jun 2018 8 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: glory, leaves, moonflowers, night, starlight
to be human
08 Jun 2018 9 Comments
i am not a beast
i am not genderless
i am not invincible
i am not a victim
i am not innocent
i am not perfect
i am not alone
i am a holy breath
i am engendered
i am vulnerable
i am an overcomer
i am forgiven
i am in process
i am connected
Linking to dVerse Poets pub…cheers!
shincha flavors life
07 Jun 2018 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: chai, cup, gratitude, leaves, workers
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s early summer kigo word is shincha, meaning new tea.
black? chai? or rooibos?
search for favorite cup as
workers pick tea leaves
remember hours of labor
gratitude steeping new brew
hana tachibana
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: blossoms, breeze, mandarin orange, memories
Hana Tachibana means “mandarin orange blossoms” and is a Japanese “kigo”, season word, used in haiku and featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
fresh breeze scented by
mandarin orange blossoms
tang of memories
shy century
05 Jun 2018 5 Comments
in senryu, tanka Tags: birthday, cake, century, grandma, heaven, party
hoped to celebrate
grandma’s one hundredth birthday
but she passed away…
left us behind with no cake
she’s partying in heaven!
Elsie’s 100th tanka challenge at Ramblings of a Writer. My dear Grandma Gertie nearly reached 100 years…can you imagine living for a century?
overripe for freedom?
04 Jun 2018 31 Comments
in quadrille Tags: cobblestones, dictatorship, freedom, injustice, Nicaragua, socialism
Current events quadrille for the Nicaraguan people…and dVerse!
Nicaraguans are
image from pinterest
taking it to the streets;
cobblestone city streets,
paved with “somoza” stones
of past dictatorships;
socialism promised
justice but in reality
cobbled the people
who’ve had enough
of corruption and
being lorded over by
self-serving politicians
who bury citizens
under bureaucracy.
artist’s signature
03 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: beauty, designer, mirror, snowflake, symmetry
Sammi Cox at Author Aspiring hosts ten-word challenge on theme of symmetry.
wikipedia image
Symmetry
creates
balanced beauty
of mirror images
determined by
Designer
dynamics of yin & yang
03 Jun 2018 6 Comments
in haiku, troiku Tags: benediction, marriage, moonrise, rocks, sea, sunset
Meoto Iwa, or the “Loved one and loved one” Rocks, are a couple of small rocky stacks in the sea off Futami, Mie, Japan. They are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and celebrate the union in marriage of man and woman. At low tide, the rocks are not separated by water.
Chèvrefeuille, at CDHK, offers two haiku for weekend “fusion & troiku” challenge:
between the wedded rocks
the sun rises to her highest throne
summer solstice
mountain stream
the ice has melted – dances in the sun
crystal waterdrops © Chèvrefeuille
My “fusion” of Chèvre’s haiku into one which lays foundation for troiku series:
rock solid marriage
mountain streams refresh the sea
sun rises, moon sets
© lynn__
rock solid marriage
united by rope of straw
weighty promises
mountain streams refresh
sea waves break upon the rocks
crystal droplets shine
sunset and moonrise
benediction over earth
until end of time
