dirty snow melting
sun’s warmth caresses my face
welcome robins back
carousel
31 Dec 2023 7 Comments
in tanka Tags: carousel, New Year, orbit, sun
up and down, around
musical revolution
in tilted orbit
riding colorful dreams in
repeated trips around sun
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Happy New Year, friends! May your revolutions be meaningful.
equilibrium
28 Sep 2023 7 Comments
in haibun Tags: day, equinox, horses, moon, night, planets, sun
The Creator precisely designs and tunes the cosmos so that twice yearly the plane of the earth’s equator bisects the sun which means day and night are in perfect balance. The solar system moves with exact timing, aligned in an intricate celestial dance.
At county fair, teams of horses pull wagons in outdoor arena. Harnessed together, two powerful animals work together in perfect harmony. A white and black team, Daisy & Midnight, are trained to trot around ring in rhythmic synchronization, bells jingling.
Sun and moon mark time on earth, ushering in four seasons in turn. As plants soak in every available ray of sun, equinox signals leaves to bud with new life or dry to die; coloring our world. Our lives cycle through the months, years and seasons.
rhythm of planets
~ metes elliptical orbits ~
sky music of spheres
brilliance
23 Aug 2022 2 Comments
in haiku Tags: clouds, glory, God, morning, sun, sunrise
morning sun breaks through
rain clouds radiate glory
God smiles with favor
how to ride a heat wave
25 Jul 2019 2 Comments
in fusion haiku, troiku Tags: camp, hikers, mountain, picnic, skies, sun, willow
Create a fusion haiku from these 2 classics, then write a troiku for CDHK…
blue autumn skies
folded into mountains
purple shadow
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
such a hot day
my shadow needs to cool down
under the willow
© Kyoshi Takahama (1874-1958)
my “fusion” haiku:
cloudless sapphire skies
sun casts shadows of heatwave
mountain willow shade
© lynn__
my “troiku” series:
cloudless sapphire skies
left camp early to climb peak
perfect summer day
sun casting shadows
of hikers on rocky path
break into a sweat
mountain willow shade
rest to unpack picnic lunch
inhale alpine air
climate change
17 Jul 2019 13 Comments
in quadrille, quote, scripture Tags: climate, earth, green, life, light, planet, sun, war
I’m linking this “sun/Son” quadrille (44 words) to dVerse Poets pub where we’re diving into the subject of climate crisis this week…
powerful star
commands our
entire system solar
glorious light
shines too bright
for human sight
his light maintains
so life sustains
planet’s green plains
will we war for
what we adore?
been done before
apostasy done
spiritual war won
when earth falls into sun
“Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Psalm 2:12 KJV)
wind vs. sun
09 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in tan renga Tags: cold, ocean, sun, wind, wintry
Carpe Diem‘s “tan renga” challenge…add 2 line response to original haiku.
the cold wintry wind
is blowing so hard that
the sun sinks into the ocean
© Soseki
today, sun admits defeat
tomorrow, will rise stronger
© lynn__
image from pinterest
write time to renga
02 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in renga, Uncategorized Tags: magnolia, moths, peach tree, snail, sparrows, sun
A challenge to write Renga With Richard Wright: given six haiku, choose your own line-up and add your two-lined stanzas. (Richard’s original haiku in regular type, italic lines are my response stanzas.)
Make up your mind, Snail!
You are half inside your house,
And halfway out!
indecisive character
slugs reluctantly forward
I am nobody:
A red sinking autumn sun
Took my name away.
identity lost in awe
of sky’s changing expanse
Keep straight down this block,
Then turn right where you will find
A peach tree blooming.
remember, somewhere is spring;
hope’s sweet promises renew
One magnolia
Landed upon another
In the dew-wet grass.
end of summer, last blossoms
reveal time’s passing beauty
All right, You Sparrows;
The sun has set and you can now
Stop your chattering!
settle, winter is coming;
seasons advance through harvest
You moths must leave now;
I am turning out the light
And going to sleep.
body desires peaceful rest;
premonition of death’s kiss
© Richard Wright
© lynn
fado (fate)
04 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in senryu Tags: boat, eyes, horizon, sun, warning
Folk music from Portugal featured on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
eyes search horizon
red sun in morning— warning
will his boat return?
summer solstice
22 Jun 2018 5 Comments
in couplet Tags: ball, couplets, hot, June, rain, summer, sun
Rhyming couplets with Frank at dVerse…
notice yesterday’s date marked june twenty-one
means every day now we’ll see less of the sun
calendar says it was first day of summer
heat and humidity might be a bummer
we’ve had plenty of rain, thick clouds hide the sun
a hot sunny day watching ball sounds like fun!
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
sand romance
14 Apr 2018 4 Comments
in haiku Tags: beach, footprints, kiss, sand, sun
Chevrefeuille is “romancing haiku” at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai…
love absorbs sun’s heat
footprints on secluded beach
warm kiss remembered
photo by lynn
a poem in my pocket 
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