step forward off edge
risk falling in too deep and
…walking on water
celebrate the child!
30 Aug 2017 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: butterfly, child, father, grasshopper, joy, life
polder struggle
29 Aug 2017 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: dike, Dutch, polder, sculpture, water
dutch engineering:
keep head above water and
hold finger in dike
The Dutch people are masters in water-engineering as much of their country lies below sea level. Henk Hofstra created the sculpture (above), “Head Above The Water”, on display at Lely. The statue on top is of Cornelis Lely (1854-1929) who created the plans for the “Delta Works” project of reclaiming “polder” land from the sea.
(source: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai)
volatile situation
13 Aug 2017 6 Comments
in haiku, haiku series, troiku Tags: ashes, fire, flames, shed, smoke, wind
Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai hosts haiku/troiku prompt. He gifts us with first line: “when every gust of wind.” Each stanza of troiku begins with next line from original haiku.
when every gust of wind
fans bright flames of fire higher
smoke and ashes whirl
________
when every gust of wind
exhales crackles, sizzles, pops
wood door comes unhinged
fans bright flames of fire
higher heat of inferno
old shed roof crumbles
smoke and ashes whirl
choking billows engulf all
inhale acrid breath
photo by lynn
headlight fright
08 Aug 2017 3 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: campground, deep, pit, water
arrive after dark
campground on old gravel pit
sign warns: DEEP WATER
Linking to Ramblings of a Writer and haiku challenge: deep & water
abstract glory
07 Aug 2017 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: autumn, dance, leaves, purple, sky
bleed red and purple
leaves sizzle across cool sky
autumn’s frenzied dance
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai; “autumn abstract” image by unknown artist.
sunset bridge
05 Aug 2017 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: bridge, citrus, city, shadow, sun
city silhouette
citrus sky ripens slowly
shadow swallows sun
photo by lynn
juicy goodness II
21 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: blackberry, jam, kisses, memories, winter
kisses sweet as jam
memories of seasons past
blackberry winter
free image from pixabay
juicy goodness
20 Jul 2017 7 Comments
in haiku Tags: love, raspberry, summer
Summer kigo theme at Carpe Diem is Japanese word,”kiichigo”, for raspberry.
our love has ripened
sweet fruit ready for picking
raspberry summer
source: CDHK
twilight: diffuse & defused
17 Jul 2017 9 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: fireflies, twilight, vampires
light fades to darkness
flashes of peaceful fireflies
keep vampires at bay
Response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai‘s “twilight” prompt (and films of same title).
fishing is for the birds
12 Jul 2017 9 Comments
in haiku Tags: cormorant, fish, hungry
cormorant fishing
fisherman retrieves caught fish
yet bird feels hungry
“ukai” traditional cormorant fishing – image from Memolition
Cormorant fishing is a method of fishing in which the bird has a snare attached to the base of its throat. When the cormorant catches a large fish, it is unable to swallow it and the fisherman extracts it from the bird’s throat. The bird can swallow small fish, however. The process is repeated, over and over again. This traditional method of fishing, over one thousand years old in Japan and China, inspired many haiku.
(information from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and Wikipedia)
summer morning
06 Jul 2017 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: birds, clouds, dawn, sky, summer
Joining Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai as we write summer “dawn” haiku with particular attention to the phrase & fragment…
birds awaken dawn
with songs of adoration
sky blushes pink clouds
a poem in my pocket 
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