posting poetic prose
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.
Haiku © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) Renga response © lynn__
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
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
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
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
31 May 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: Andes, condor, flute, mountain, music
Final post for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s journey into the Andes…
high in the andes
condor circles mountain pass
music of pan flute
26 May 2018 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: Andes, blue, cultures, lake, nights, sun
Image & inspiration from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
clearly deepest blue
andes “birthplace of the sun”
old cultures, cold nights
21 May 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: cicada, fall, forest, sing, snow
Chevrefeuille’s Heeding Haiku “fusion” challenge at Mindlovemisery’sMenagerie.
from a treetop
emptiness dropped down
in a cicada shell
~
black forest
whatever you may say
a morning of snow
©️Basho (1644-1694), translated by Reichhold
photo by lynn
cicada solo
serenades empty forest
sing before it snows
©️ lynn__
15 May 2018 9 Comments
in haiku Tags: castaway, daylight, footprints, heart, sand, sea, tide
Carpe Diem “Crossroads” challenge to fuse two haiku into one.
Ozaki Hosai
on the field
where evening has died out,
my footsteps
the heart
that seeks something
I release to the sea
© Ozaki Hosai (revised by Chèvrefeuille)
fading with daylight
washed to sea by searching tide
footprints of the heart
© lynn__
photo by lynn
14 May 2018 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: Andes, azul, glacier, lake, mountains, Peru, sky
-idea and image from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
Paron Lake, Peru
08 May 2018 2 Comments
in haiku, troiku Tags: branches, buds, green, leaves, life, rain, renewal, spring
Kristjaan at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai features “troiku” (each line of initial haiku is beginning line of three more haiku in a series). I wrote my own haiku to begin…
bare branches burst forth
spring budding freshly green leaves
renewal of life
bare branches burst forth
photo by lynn
birds improvise on treesong
winter’s day is done
spring buds fresh green leaves
young rabbits nibble new grass
first tulips open
renewal of life
gentle scent follows spring rain
promise of apples
a poem in my pocket 
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