posting poetic prose
14 Jun 2019 8 Comments
in haiku, troiku Tags: color, grand daughters, peonies, pink, smiles, summer
My haiku/senryu/troiku written for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai challenge…
hot pink peonies
sweet gift from my grand daughters
picked fresh this morning
hot pink peonies
bloom on daughter-in-love’s bush
color of summer
gift from grand daughters
to surprise beloved grandma
sweet smiles are enough
picked fresh this morning
fragrant blush on lips, cheeks
happiness in bloom
photo by lynn
29 Apr 2019 2 Comments
in classical haiku, haiku Tags: autumn, ears, leafy, pillow, whispering, wind
Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai where host, Chevrefeuille, invites us to “improve” on a classic haiku; re-write and make it look better (like a photo-shopped image).
autumn has come
visiting my ear on
a pillow of wind
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
autumn rustles in
whispering wind tickles ears
fluffs leafy pillow
© lynn__
photo by lynn
14 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in haiku, haiku series Tags: fog, grass, green, joy, sparrows, spring
Continuing series for retreat at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai….
XIX.
sun burns away fog
coaxes spring’s newly green grass
sparrows twitter joy
11 Apr 2019 2 Comments
in haiku, haiku series, Uncategorized Tags: aquarium, discus, fish, lemon, sunshine, tropical
Continuing series for retreat at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai….
XVIII.
lit aquarium
tropical lemon discus
color of sunshine
photo by lynn
08 Apr 2019 3 Comments
in haiku, haiku series Tags: days, joy, lent, light, minutes, spring
A fresh installment for Carpe Diem’s retreat: joy of light
XVI.
lenten days lengthen
light increases by minutes
joy of spring coming
open tightly closed windows
inviting fresh clean breeze in!
pexel image
18 Mar 2019 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: earth, light, night, sunset
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
II.
light gives life to earth
sunrise will follow sunset
as day follows night
photo by lynn
12 Mar 2019 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: birdhouse, garden, icicles, spruce, winter
winter’s white garden
icicles cling to blue spruce
empty red birdhouse
11 Mar 2019 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: deer, doe, grace, musical scale, white tail
Chevré at Carpe Diem invites us to dig into archives. Haiku submitted to Lyrical Iowa a couple years ago; not published so posting now, along with photo taken last Sept. in Colorado Springs (added 2 lines to make it a tanka).
liquid eyes, white tail
grace notes on musical scale
doe does as does do
fans fawning at her beauty
evidence the buck stopped here
photo by lynn
29 Jan 2019 2 Comments
“Kaeribana” is Japanese kigo for “returning flowers”…from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
09 Jan 2019 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: amaryllis, birthday, celebrate, grace, winter
Joining Kristjaan’s prompt at Carpe Diem with winter “kigo”, amaryllis.
celebrating sixth
winter of granddaughter’s birth
given grace to bloom
14 Nov 2018 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: autumn, cattle, creek, deluge, mud
CDHK challenge to write haiku about rainstorm without using the word…
full creeks run swiftly
cattle huddle in wet mud
autumn’s cold deluge
11 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: basement, cricket, leaves
“Cricket” is a classical “kigo” (season word) used in haiku…link to CDHK
leaves crunch underfoot
last cricket chirps in basement
where is he hiding?
a poem in my pocket 
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