Carpe Diem‘s “tan renga” challenge…add 2 line response to original haiku.
the cold wintry wind
is blowing so hard that
the sun sinks into the ocean
© Soseki
today, sun admits defeat
tomorrow, will rise stronger
© lynn__
image from pinterest
wind vs. sun
09 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in tan renga Tags: cold, ocean, sun, wind, wintry
beauty’s weight
07 Feb 2019 5 Comments
in tan renga Tags: beauty, life, monarch, waterweed, weight
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s “tan renga” challenge…add 2 lines to original haiku.
waterweed
floating away, despite
the butterfly’s weight on it
© Chiyo-Ni
beauty flits magnificent
but life’s current moves stronger
© lynn__
photo by lynn
as tea cools
02 Feb 2019 1 Comment
in tan renga Tags: awe, beauty, chrysanthemums, tea
for his morning tea
a monk sits down in utter silence-
confronted by chrysanthemums
© Matsuo Basho
a holy moment of awe
contemplating God’s wonder
© lynn__
tranquility
21 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
in tan renga Tags: butterflies, calm, stars, sunflowers
a certain calm
in summer’s passing
flowers
garden’s bodacious beauty
sunflower heads fill with seeds
flat seas
with the butterfly’s flight
a certain calm
orange flutters cover tree
monarchs’ summer migration
the hour silent
before the birds awake
waves on sand
dot-to-dot stars fade away
earth turns her face toward sun’s glow
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai / haiku © Jane Reichhold / renga © lynn
pregnant pause
07 Oct 2018 4 Comments
in tan renga Tags: begonia, flowers, fullness, summer, watermelon
Tan renga with Basho weekend meditation at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
begonia flowers
blooming in the colors
of a watermelon
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
deep red, variegated green
savor late summer’s fullness
© lynn__
image from pixabay
fishing for stars
18 Sep 2018 1 Comment
in tan renga Tags: anchor, boat, clouds, dreams, drift, waves
“Tan renga” chained together for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, where Delores wrote a beautiful haiku reminding me of poem by Eugene Fields and park sculpture.
clouds and waves
carry my dreams away
tugging my anchor
© Dolores
drift along in private boat
of winkin’ blinkin’ and nod
© lynn__
photo: C Bakunas Art
fragile beauty
14 Sep 2018 2 Comments
in tan renga Tags: butterfly, dust, milkweed, monarch, traffic, truck
Tan renga “chained together” at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
between dusty cars
an orange butterfly flits
the traffic rumbles – Kim Russell
truck hauls grain down gravel road
cloud of dust covers milkweed
– lynn
photo by lynn
to restore a nation
11 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in tan renga Tags: cannon, civil war, dead, field, house, pear tree
Tan renga is written by two poets, haiku and response; see Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
haze from cannon fire
confederate and union
bury dead in field © lynn__
pear tree in full bloom on a battlefield
collapsed house becomes beautiful again
© Shiki (quote re-worked by Chèvrefeuille)
image – pixabay
the last apple
09 Sep 2018 6 Comments
in tan renga Tags: apple, autumn, crow, orchard, squirrel, winter
Haiku in original French:
Une pomme, seul
dans le verger abandonné
rougissent pour l’hiver
Ⓒ Patrick Blanche
Here is the translation by Michael R. Burch:
One apple, alone
in the abandoned orchard
reddens for winter
Ⓒ Patrick Blanche (Tr. Michael R. Burch)
Add two lines to complete tan renga:
autumn rains gently rustle
crow and squirrel wait…patient
Ⓒ lynn__
free image – pixabay
wet garden at sunrise
16 Aug 2018 6 Comments
in tan renga Tags: flowers, garden, gate, morning glory, spider, web
a swinging gate
on both sides the flowers
open – close (C) Jane Reichhold
welcome morning glory vine
garden spider’s dewy web (C) lynn__
A “tan renga” is haiku written by one poet and 2-line response by another poet.
southern comfort catnap
18 Jul 2018 2 Comments
in tan renga Tags: catap, hammock, iced-tea, porch
between boards
shadows on a sunny porch
a slender coolness
© Jane Reichhold
recline in double hammock
savor iced-tea afternoon
© lynn__
Tan renga challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Image from lushome.com
purple dreams
08 May 2018 Leave a comment
in tan renga, tanka Tags: dreams, inn, moon, purple, traveler, wisteria
Kortney at Tweetspeak Poetry hosts Monday prompts, tanka this week.
I come weary,
In search of an inn—
Ah! these wisteria flowers!
–by Matsuo Basho, translated by William George Aston
purple moon blooms in doorway
scent welcomes dream traveler
– by lynn
image: groupon.co.uk
a poem in my pocket 
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