posting poetic prose
10 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: doll, geisha, Japan
Linking with Carpe Diem’s Japanese festival series…
coif framed white faces
perfect features, painted smiles
geisha’s almond eyes
walk red carpet on dolls’ day
pass the chirashizushi*
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*Chirashizushi (sushi rice flavored with sugar, vinegar, topped with raw fish and a variety of ingredients) is often eaten on Girl’s Day festival.
04 Oct 2015 1 Comment
in tanka Tags: festival, fire, Japan
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day in peaceful park
tossing rice cracker to deer
night of mountain fire
japan’s yearly festival
dispute shrines or torch wild boar?
Festival review: www.fest300.com More haiku: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
25 Sep 2015 15 Comments
in jisei, tanka Tags: death, fall, leaves
photo by lynn
If i die in fall
(due to my own clumsiness)
as dry leaves crackle
cry over cake, then laugh at
my swift entrance into JOY!
Joining Gayle at dVerse today on theme of Japanese death poems (jisei).
05 Sep 2015 6 Comments
in tanka Tags: camel, camo, constellation, Isaac, Rebecca
Camelopardalis or the Giraffe constellation is a large, faint grouping of stars in the northern sky. The constellation was introduced in 1613 by Petrus Plancius to represent the animal Rebecca rode to marry Isaac in the Bible. One year later, Jakob Bartsch featured it in his atlas. Johannes Hevelius gave it the official name of “Camelopardus” or “Camelopardalis” because he saw the constellation’s many faint stars as the spots of a giraffe. (source: CDHK)
bridal caravan
camelopardalis night
brown eyes behind veil
restless groom scans horizon
rebecca comforts isaac
I have a thing for camels lately…
17 Aug 2015 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: camel, pyramids, sand
Traveling to Sudan today with Chèvre at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
huffingtonpost.com – getty images
kushite dynasties
pyramids north of khartoum
time’s sand will bury
caravans of rich tourists
camel attempts needle’s eye
03 Aug 2015 4 Comments
in tanka Tags: hieroglyphics, Nile, Rosetta Stone
ancient hieroglyphs
stele etched, tri-lingual text
rosetta stone code
deified pharaoh’s decree
nile outlasts papyrus boats
photo credit: dreamstime
Ideas excavated from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
27 Jul 2015 6 Comments
in tanka Tags: beetles, ladybug, love
photo credit: dreamstime
tentoumushi love
yeah ladybug, ladybug,
fly away with me
one thousand screaming fans can’t
rid the house of ladybugs
The theme at CDHK today is “tentoumushi” (ladybug)
and ladybug season will begin soon enough…
19 Jul 2015 11 Comments
in tanka Tags: stand-up paddler, water strider
Linking to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai today…enjoy your summer!
bouncy ripple-rings
dancing across water’s skin
elusive soft-shoe
natural stand-up paddler
professionally equipped
a poem in my pocket 
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