Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai hosts virtual European tour this month.
smile at sunflowers
travel road through Tuscany
breathe artistic sky
(Photo credit: CDHK)
European tour: Germany
04 Jun 2016 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: Black Forest, castles, Rhine, wall
Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai hosts virtual European tour this month.
pass castle on Rhine
taste Black Forest gummy bears
cheer freedom’s wall art
(photo credit: CDHK)
European tour: France
04 Jun 2016 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: Eiffel Tower, France, wine
Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai hosts virtual European tour this month.
pedal cobbled street
climb high Eiffel Tower view
sip wine…en plein air
(photo credit: CDHK)
European tour: Belgium
04 Jun 2016 2 Comments
in haiku, Uncategorized Tags: Ardennes, Belgium, forest, hills
Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai hosts virtual European tour this month.
leave Brussels chaos
find peace in Ardennes hills
pass through dark forest
(Photo credit: CDHK)
breezy little poem
01 Jun 2016 16 Comments
in quadrille, rhyming verse Tags: breath, breeze, maple, owlets, raindrops, trees
gentle quiver shivers maple leaves
reveals flash of their silver underside
quiet breath whispers subtle tease
where downy baby owlets hide
stronger gust flexes tops of trees
may blow in raindrops late today
squirrel kits sleep fits and sneeze
when swing in spring’s breezeway
A quadrille (44 words) linked to dVerse Poets pub.
an Ent-ful event
31 May 2016 1 Comment
in tan renga Tags: dance, Ents, snow, trees
My response to tan renga challenge at CDHK
Treebeard from wikipedia
Rumbling winter storm –
Ents are dancing with their wives –
ancient limbs entwined
© Paloma
celebrate bark-won battles
snow settles on grateful trees
(c) lynn__
sweet anticipation
29 May 2016 2 Comments
in free verse Tags: bride, groom, Jesus, King
we live
and breathe
His Name,
~ JESUS ~
true believers
his chosen bride
washed pure
cleaned by blood
prepared, beloved,
waiting for our
honored groom’s arrival;
to see his face
be claimed by grace.
all nature sing,
returning King
comes victorious
our future,
glorious!
morning after gale
27 May 2016 7 Comments
in american sentence Tags: doves, eggs, life, nest, storm
(Verse written as American sentences; each a 17-syllable rant)
Puzzled robin perches on downed tree branch
next to nest of broken eggs.
Selfish force of storm has ripped potential life joy
from its safe sanctum.
Ravaged grove stands in stark silence except
for coo~coos of mourning doves.
word set in stone
24 May 2016 7 Comments
in tan renga Tags: ancient, parables, Teacher, walls, words
Response to tan renga feature at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai here…
ancient walls
covered in parables
speak to those who see
© Janice ‘Petra Domina’ Adcock
ancient words of the Teacher
written on disciples’ hearts
(c) lynn__
photo at Masada by lynn
live smoothly
22 May 2016 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: honey, lazy, peach, rose, summer
I want to title this, “pink lemonade” but used word tiles given…
A poem created with magnetic poem kit 🙂
self-destruction
21 May 2016 1 Comment
in diamond shape, etheree Tags: forgive, pain, suicide, tragedy
!
no
blaming
suicide
gun explosion
young father missing
community feels shock
evil darkens human thought
– tragedy’s harsh realities –
one cannot undo desperate choice
maybe she will leave so he leaves her first
—
do not assume the mistakes of others
such could happen to any of us
relationships turn on an edge
hold fragile hearts tenderly
commit to love thru pain
forgive each again
God help us all
redemption
healing
yes
?
This poetry form, an “etheree”, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree verse can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Sadly, suicide is irreversible.
make hay, as they say
20 May 2016 5 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: baling, cows, farmer, hay, summer
Today, Boncho’s haiku (below) inspired mine. The smell of cut alfalfa is a wonderful aroma! Another season of haying will soon begin with our first cutting here in Iowa. It’s pleasant to drive tractor for baling hay, if not too windy and dusty.
farmer works up sweat
bales hay on summer evening
to feed hungry cows
-lynn
how cool cut hay smells
when carried through the farm gate
as the sun comes up!
-Boncho
photo by lynn
Nozawa Boncho was a Japanese poet born c.1640. He spent most of his life working as a doctor in Kyoto. Boncho was one of Matsuo Bashō’s followers and wrote many famous haiku in his day. This is my response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Utabukuro.
a poem in my pocket 
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