a poem in my pocket

Chèvre at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai challenges us to write “fusion troiku”: combine two classic haiku into one, then use for first lines of haiku series of three…

before the white chrysanthemum

the scissors hesitate

a moment

calligraphy of geese

against the sky—

the moon seals it

© Yosa Buson  (Tr. Robert Hass)

scent of cut blossom —

moon, like white chrysanthemum,

pale against dark sky

© lynn__

scent of cut blossoms

wafts delicate from altar

…fresh bridal bouquet

moon, like a white mum,

blooms full at summer solstice;

signs written in spheres

pale against dark sky

—revelations’ seven seals—

groom rides on white horse