running down
the mountain like a melody
to find out
right tune for you and me
the freshness to breathe
Carpe Diem: honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) F.)
Sierra Mountains (tanka).
running down
the mountain like a melody
to find out
right tune for you and me
the freshness to breathe
Carpe Diem: honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) F.)
Sierra Mountains (tanka).
watching birds
jumping from branch to branch
like antsy thoughts
Ps. I don’t know the name of these birds. Do you?
Probably Aegithalos caudatus.
Inspired by Lacking Leaders by Lize Bard.
I think true friendship is great. Maybe also rare. Friendship between people I mean. Friendship with an animal is different. A dog is always loyal and faithful. You will never experience betrayal together with your dog.
being there
whenever – for both
and each

My grandchild and one of my giant schnauzers late 90th.
Carpe Diem: #1129 friendship.
in cold stranglehold
my spirit flies south to breathe
your warmth

Inspired by Stone at Haiku out of Africa.
There is such mess in our world! The worst made by human hands. Worst because somebody made a choice of pillage. There are always humans to blame in this case. Well of course the nature itself also creates disasters. But not by a choice … I think – with my kind of knowledge … so far. I’m fascinated by the power of nature. Very much. And by contrasts … as you already know. The good and bad – pillage …. so to say.
stumps and splinters
chipped and left by nature forces
sad pillage
a desert of disaster might prosper
if invaded by energy of origin
Daily Prompt: Pillage.
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” Albert Einstein

Sometimes you feel a lot when listening to music. Like it grabs you and that’s awesome. Sometimes it doesn’t say anything particular. Or maybe you are in a kind of mood not right for that music. I think the later works for me just now. I just don’t get inspired of Emelie Mayer’s Symphony. My wings are as broken and I cannot fly high enough to create a beautiful poem.
drilling flute
night fly’s wings beat
mayday
Carpe Diem: #1101.
Emilie Mayer’s Symphony No. 4 in B minor.

When listening to this lovely music I feel I am in the highlands. Running happily up and down the hills. The weather is just awesome and the meadow full of small wild flowers in every thousands of colors. Stone walls meander cheerfully like in a round dance. And the birds are singing in the air …
flute ‘n sky fiddle
-I’m coming down the mountains
my little seed beak,
he sang and played intensely
bird maid listened by all heart
Carpe Diem: #1097.
Serenade in D major by Ethel Smyth.
The talented English composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth.
Påminnelserna är på
överallt.
Kan på vissa ställen
stängas av
men inte på andra.Påminnelser av goda
eller mindre angenäma
slag.I stället för att
bli påmind
önskar jag
ibland att bli
avmind.
Skrivpuff: Påminnelser.
ancient message
landed on my shoulder
picked by a crow
in dreams I saw the world
and soon will return
Carpe Diem: Tanka Splendor #23 Crow.