steer back to midnight

24 May 2018 Leave a comment

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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

dark shadorma

03 Apr 2018 2 Comments

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A shadorma is a 6 line poem with 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllable counts. 

 

 

in shadow

motivation comes

suicide

double death

why two lovers hate themselves?

asphyxiation

 

 

 

Many years ago, a teenage co-worker, Barry, and his girlfriend died together in his car running inside a garage. I still sadly wonder…why? Tonight, we discuss suicide at NAMI support group.

 

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love to die for?

19 Nov 2017 2 Comments

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The forbidden love between the lowly Ferhad and the princess Shirin is an old Persian love story. Ferhad killed himself in the desert when he was tricked into believing that Shirin was dead. Hearing of Ferhad’s death, Sherin then killed herself because she could not live without him. Subsequently the two were buried together.  It’s similar to the Shakespearian tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

(information and image taken from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai)

love story

 

~ fateful attraction ~

when lovers choose death writes our

tragic love stories;

heartbroken readers wishing

romance had better ending!

 

 

 

romantics die gently

03 Nov 2016 6 Comments

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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

tan renga party

03 May 2016 5 Comments

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A tan renga is written by two poets;  first writes a haiku, second answers with 2 more lines…

 

in the moonlight
Wisteria flowers look fragile –
a gust of wind

(c) Chèvrefeuille

 

lovers on bench hold kisses

lavender snow covers path

(c) lynn__

wisteria

source: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

tsunami warning

01 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by lynn__ in haiku Tags: , , ,

Plum blossoms, ume-no-hana, are frequent haiku theme and signal the end of winter (source: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai).

lovers find wild plums

sweet blossoms fade to tart fruit

overlook sharp thorns