Hana Tachibana means “mandarin orange blossoms” and is a Japanese “kigo”, season word, used in haiku and featured at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
fresh breeze scented by
mandarin orange blossoms
tang of memories
hana tachibana
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in haiku Tags: blossoms, breeze, mandarin orange, memories
shy century
05 Jun 2018 5 Comments
in senryu, tanka Tags: birthday, cake, century, grandma, heaven, party
hoped to celebrate
grandma’s one hundredth birthday
but she passed away…
left us behind with no cake
she’s partying in heaven!
Elsie’s 100th tanka challenge at Ramblings of a Writer. My dear Grandma Gertie nearly reached 100 years…can you imagine living for a century?
overripe for freedom?
04 Jun 2018 31 Comments
in quadrille Tags: cobblestones, dictatorship, freedom, injustice, Nicaragua, socialism
Current events quadrille for the Nicaraguan people…and dVerse!
Nicaraguans are
image from pinterest
taking it to the streets;
cobblestone city streets,
paved with “somoza” stones
of past dictatorships;
socialism promised
justice but in reality
cobbled the people
who’ve had enough
of corruption and
being lorded over by
self-serving politicians
who bury citizens
under bureaucracy.
artist’s signature
03 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: beauty, designer, mirror, snowflake, symmetry
Sammi Cox at Author Aspiring hosts ten-word challenge on theme of symmetry.
wikipedia image
Symmetry
creates
balanced beauty
of mirror images
determined by
Designer
dynamics of yin & yang
03 Jun 2018 6 Comments
in haiku, troiku Tags: benediction, marriage, moonrise, rocks, sea, sunset
Meoto Iwa, or the “Loved one and loved one” Rocks, are a couple of small rocky stacks in the sea off Futami, Mie, Japan. They are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and celebrate the union in marriage of man and woman. At low tide, the rocks are not separated by water.
Chèvrefeuille, at CDHK, offers two haiku for weekend “fusion & troiku” challenge:
between the wedded rocks
the sun rises to her highest throne
summer solstice
mountain stream
the ice has melted – dances in the sun
crystal waterdrops © Chèvrefeuille
My “fusion” of Chèvre’s haiku into one which lays foundation for troiku series:
rock solid marriage
mountain streams refresh the sea
sun rises, moon sets
© lynn__
rock solid marriage
united by rope of straw
weighty promises
mountain streams refresh
sea waves break upon the rocks
crystal droplets shine
sunset and moonrise
benediction over earth
until end of time
altiplano camelid
01 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: alpaca, camelid, fleece, foreigners, pasture
Alpacas are fascinating! Read more about them here: island alpaca site
drive by pasture…look!
alpacas in iowa?
friendly hums and pronks
warm-eyed foreigners adapt
produce luxurious fleece
el condor pasa
31 May 2018 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: Andes, condor, flute, mountain, music
Final post for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s journey into the Andes…
high in the andes
condor circles mountain pass
music of pan flute
ewe ain’t seen mutton yet
29 May 2018 14 Comments
in haibun Tags: butcher, farm, mutton, sheep, stone
dVerse poetics prompt to use street names: Mutton Lane, Shoulder of Mutton Alley
The town grew up around a humble sheep farm. A stone farmhouse, before they razed it, had stood a hundred years, with sheepfold attached. The last farmer, third generation of sheep farmers in the family, built a butcher shop behind the house to diversify his business. His only son, Marcus, was known as a young boy for his skill at mutton busting (sheep riding) at the local fair. Once, he entered a national competition, winning a trophy which surpassed his own height and glittered like gold. The townspeople ooohed and aahhed when Marcus returned as a local celebrity. The farm and sheep are gone, but Marcus’s grandchildren still live on Mutton Lane and manage the butcher shop adjacent to Shoulder of Mutton Alley.
an old stone sheepfold
see one’s breath doing farm chores
bleating of the lambs
lake titicaca
26 May 2018 1 Comment
in haiku Tags: Andes, blue, cultures, lake, nights, sun
Image & inspiration from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
clearly deepest blue
andes “birthplace of the sun”
old cultures, cold nights
Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
steer back to midnight
24 May 2018 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: farmer, finances, lovers, moonlight, steers, wife
farmer at salebarn
hoping steers go for good price
wife at home pays bills
has daily-ness forgotten
the nights as moonlight lovers?
Tanka for MLMM & Chevrefeuille’s “heeding haiku” prompt: moonlight lovers
a poem in my pocket 
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