Folk music of Iceland featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
undulating waves
over tundra, glacial stone
land of fire and ice
voice of northern lights
23 Aug 2018 2 Comments
in haiku, music poem, Uncategorized Tags: fire, glacial, ice, stone, tundra, waves
ryukyuan min’yo
08 Aug 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: folk music, Japanese, lovebirds, sanshin, sing
Okinawa folk music featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
japanese lovebirds
sing knotting verse to sanshin
— outdoor living room
Note: These are sometimes called “knotting” or “tying” songs and accompanied by a stringed “sanshin” (or two).
nectar to honey
25 Jul 2018 8 Comments
in haiku Tags: bee, clover, honey, nectar, pollen
buzzing underfoot
bee’s legs heavy with pollen
white clover’s sweetness
image: pic jumbo
finding the way
06 Jul 2018 2 Comments
in haiku, senryu Tags: compass, exiles, Jerusalem, north, prophets, way
air-borne
05 Jul 2018 6 Comments
in haiku Tags: dandelion, death, fragile, life, seed, sleep
life force strong but a
puff will scatter fragile seed
sleep…a breath from death
image & idea from Carpe Diem
chinese empress
03 Jul 2018 5 Comments
in haiku, tanka Tags: angel, blossom, empress, mountain, paulownia, sunlight
This tanka began as a “fusion” haiku inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
in mountain meadow
source: leafsnap.com
one paulownia blossom
flutters through sunlight
like an angel, brings message
of creator’s intentions
Note: The paulownia tree, native to China, is also called “empress tree”.
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Combination of these two haiku:
a distant mountain
seen in the sunlight:
a desolate field
a leaf of a paulownia tree
has fallen
in the sunlight
© Takahama Kyoshi (Tr. Katsuya Hiromoto)
renga with basho
30 Jun 2018 8 Comments
in haiku, renga Tags: crow, junk, koi, moon, sea, watchman
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s ”Renga Challenge” create a renga with haiku by Basho.
rainy season
sea glow lights held up
by the night watchman
pale koi bubble to surface
paddle junk into harbor
the blue sea
in waves smelling of saké
tonight’s full moon
sitting with friend on the beach
quietly sip from warm cup
on a bare branch
a crow settled down
autumn evening
vermillion koyo fallen
colors faded with sunset
Haiku © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) Renga response © lynn__
dreams at dusk
28 Jun 2018 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: dreams, dusk, fireflies, lawn, magic, summer
fireflies spark magic
blinking lawn lights mesmerize
summer’s faerie dreams
image from wikihow/creative commons
taki trail
26 Jun 2018 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: canyon, hike, mist, trail, waterfall
Waterfall (taki) themed haiku featured at Carpe Diem…
waimea canyon
trailing mist of silver veil
hike to waterfall
photo by lynn
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
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
a poem in my pocket 
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