Carpe Diem

#haiku Journey in dreaming

Carpe Diem #658, First Dream (Hatsuyume).

nanno sono jô hatsu yume mo naku karasu

you’ve wrecked
my year’s first dream!
cawing crow                          © Issa

fly like an eagle
as free as a bird in the sky
living my dream                     © Chèvrefeuille

journey in dreaming
experiencing cultures
live life close to life

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#haiku Balm for Soul'n Heart

Carpe Diem Special #129, Sogi’s 5th haiku.

Now that they end
There is no flower that can compare
With cherry blossoms         © Iio Sogi

Ah! those cherry blossoms
every where I look their beauty amazes me again –
finally spring is here          © Chèvrefeuille

enlightening words
like nature’s cherry blossoms
balm for soul’n heart

© Birgitta Rudenius

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Cherry blossom

#haiku Porridge

Carpe Diem #651, Picking Young Greens (wakanatsumi).

cool dawn –
an old Indian picking
young greens                © Narayanan Raghunathan

late at night
picking young greens in the kitchen garden –
the almost full moon               © Chèvrefeuille

 the seven sacred
early morning’s sunny greens
porridge will be served

©Birgitta Rudenius

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Bonfire

Carpe Diem #649, Burning Ornaments (Sagichoo).

foot of the mountain–
without a cheer
my New Year’s bonfire   © Kobayashi Issa

bonfire
the scent of pine trees overwhelms the senses –
back to school again            © Chèvrefeuille

new year bonfire
an ending for starting new
the dress is ironed

©Birgitta Rudenius

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Little new year

Carpe Diem #648, Little New Year (Koshogatsu).

Hokkeji ni mamori inu kau koshoogatsu

at temple Hokke-Ji
I buy a dog talisman –
little New Year                     © Kawai Kayoko

no more good wishes
after little new year life goes on –
echo of fire-works                 © Chèvrefeuille

 little new year
came and suddenly was gone
the huge wall fell down

© Birgitta Rudenius

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