posting poetic prose
04 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: blossoms, butterfly, open, scent, surf, window
See Chèvre’s “fusion” challenge to combine two haiku into one at CDHK:
A fallen blossom
returning to the bough, I thought —
But no, a butterfly.
© Arakida Moritake (Tr. Steven D. Carter)
morning breeze
coming in the window
surf sounds
© Jane Reichhold
an open window–
surf sounds on tropical breeze
butterflies blossom
© lynn__
photo by lynn
29 Mar 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: fusion, iris, silk, starlight, water
Chèvre at CDHK challenges us to create a haiku through “fusion” of the following:
rabbit-ear iris
how much it looks like
its image in water
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
And…
a silk tree
even through the leaves weary
of starlight
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
My “fusion: of the two:
rabbit-ear iris
bends weary leaves toward water
silk reflects starlight
© lynn__
26 Mar 2018 2 Comments
in haiku, quote Tags: hibiscus, moment, monarch, nectar
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
-Rabindranath Tagore
life’s sweet brevity
hibiscus beckons monarch
offering nectar
21 Mar 2018 7 Comments
in haiku Tags: moonlight, purple, tears, wisteria
From Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, a haiku to “revise”:
in the moonlight,
the color and scent of the wisteria
seems far away
© Yosa Buson (1716-1784)
___________
hear flute softly weep
pale purple tears in moonlight
dropping over wall
© lynn__
image – CDHK
18 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in haiku, senryu Tags: begging, bowl, empty, fill, satisfy
water cleanses dregs
empty own bowl to be filled
who can satisfy?
photo by lynn_
A “begging bowl” is used by Buddhist monks to ask for alms…see Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Perhaps each of us is a spiritually thirsty/hungry begging bowl?
25 Feb 2018 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: attention, frame, life, now, stop
photo by lynn
stop…look…and listen
to your now amazing life
pay attention…please!
Atypical haiku inspired by book, The Remarkable Ordinary by Frederick Buechner.
19 Feb 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: beauty, morning glory, vine, water, well
Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai challenges us to “revise” a classical haiku by famous female haiku writer. Here is my humble attempt…
morning glory!
the well bucket-entangled,
I ask for water
© Chiyo-Ni
* * * * *
glory of morning
entangled in blooming vine
beauty fills my well
© lynn
02 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: insomnia, moon, smile
man in the moon smiles
beckons to insomniacs
come, be mesmerized
moon lamp
21 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: Christmas, evergreen, grass, snow, white
blanc fluff dusts tips of
evergreen branches; softens
brittle spikes of frozen grass
18 Dec 2017 3 Comments
in haiku Tags: blood, circle, evergreen, love, wreath
evergreen circle
as God’s everlasting love
tied with blood red bow
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”
06 Dec 2017 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: desire, fire, love, vows
love’s fire fiercely burns
devotion ignites desire
vows consummated
Tragic comedy or comic tragedy? Read love’s drama at CDHK
a poem in my pocket 
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