Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s December theme, Let the Music Inspire You.
raven flower blooms
beauty attracts flutter-byes
celebrate sweet youth
pledge virginity to one
who will promise a lifetime
Promise – Thomas Bergersen
27 Dec 2016 2 Comments
in music poem, tanka Tags: beauty, flower, music, promise, virgin
Winter Symphony – Joachim Raff
26 Dec 2016 2 Comments
in music poem, tanka Tags: bells, horse, pink, sleigh, snow
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s December theme, Let the Music Inspire You
coverlet of snow
cottontail hides under hedge
sunset paints sky pink
bells jingle on horse harness
as white flurries chase sleigh home
spread on the land
28 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: beef, land, manure, post, recycle
Linking to CDHK prompt on “decay”…opportunity to use unusual photo too
grain gleaning beef mooves
waste decays, compost feeds soil
manure on fence post
valuable commodity
recycling, naturally
photo by lynn
for love of mums
20 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: chrysanthemums, lattice, love, mothers, wedding
Linking to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor prompt: Chrysanthemums
summertime wedding
promise of faithful love
lattice arch and fence
baskets of chrysanthemums
gift to bride and groom’s mothers
lonely or only alone?
19 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: awake, clock, light, night
old house floorboards creak
an hour passes on the clock
switch off lamp’s dim light
awake in half-empty bed
another night he works late
swan song on frozen pond
18 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: blizzard, pond, snow, song, swan, winter
Carpe Diem‘s Japanese Poetry in the Lowlands features Ria Giskes
trumpet arrival
first blizzard’s winter whiteout
loud rushing of wings
cygnet-ure snow of season
feathers settle after storm
photo credit: CDHK
passing glory
13 Nov 2016 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: beauty, death, life, milkweed, productivity
fibers reflect light
gossamer seeds scatter on wind
creativity
erupts in transient beauty
life leaves empty pod with sigh
photo by lynn
appling seasons abundance
10 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: apples, peelings, preserve, seasons
See CDHK Special: Japanese Poetry in Lowlands, featuring Jurgen Diepstraten
plentiful fruits fall
prepare winter comfort food
preserve summer blush
peelings overflow bucket
promise of spring buds fulfilled
photo by lynn
autumn fullness
08 Nov 2016 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: ideas, inspiration, leaves, poet, rain
photo credit: “wet leaves” by David Slotto, featured at dVerse (too late to link post)
color-full ideas
ripen with passing season
inspiration rains/reigns
poet living inside head
forgets to water houseplants
romantics die gently
03 Nov 2016 6 Comments
in tanka Tags: hearts, kiss, lovers, rain, umbrella
See CDHK special, Japanese Poetry in the Lowlands, featuring Jeanine Hoedemaker
intermittent rain
old lovers exchange warm kiss
under umbrella
pit, pit, patter of raindrops
two hearts offbeat together
blacksmith bellows
22 Oct 2016 9 Comments
in scripture, tanka, Uncategorized Tags: blacksmith, fire, forge, horseshoes, legacy
“…They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” (Isaiah 2:4)
hammer clangs anvil
iron thrust into fire’s white heart
sweating over forge
skilled craftsman shapes legacy
in horseshoes and kettle hooks
photo by lynn
Find more information on the process at: Beautiful Iron Linking to CDHK
wet lump of humanity yields
20 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: clay, humanity, love, potter, wet
clay in Potter’s hands
chosen, held firm, gently shaped
fired, purified, filled
vessel to pour out His love
beautiful, useful purpose
Linking to Carpe Diem prompt: clay
a poem in my pocket 
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