judge book by (dust) cover

10 Sep 2025 8 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Melissa challenges dVerse poets to write to a quote from one of Leo Tostoy’s books…

ancient dust thickly lies…
obscures discarded objects
personal mysteries unsolved
hidden in dark attic of soul

what is this discovery?!
favorite forgotten pillow
stuffing needs fluffing…
still choke on puffed pride

look in that corner box
something small, hidden
away…yuck! dead mouse
of musty, moldy pettiness

keep cherished photographs
of loved ones’ kindness but
let dirty dogged memories
lie sleeping and undisturbed

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(alternative title: pride & pettiness, but that’s another author)

photo-shopping haiku

29 Apr 2019 2 Comments

by lynn__ in classical haiku, haiku Tags: , , , , ,

Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai where host, Chevrefeuille, invites us to “improve” on a classic haiku; re-write and make it look better (like a photo-shopped image).

 

 

autumn has come
visiting my ear on
a pillow of wind

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

autumn rustles in
whispering wind tickles ears
fluffs leafy pillow

© lynn__

 

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photo by lynn

reading pleasure

26 Sep 2017 12 Comments

by lynn__ in haiku Tags: , , ,

 

warm cup of spiced chai

classic tome by candlelight

snuggle with pillow

 

The Pleasure of Reading

image from CDHK

 mister irresistible

03 Mar 2016 4 Comments

by lynn__ in haiku Tags: , , ,

 

self-groomed cat purrs loud

invited into farmhouse

softest lap pillow

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photo by lynn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linking this comparison haiku to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai