Carpe Diem

#haiku – Lily Raft

Carpe Diem #662, Water Lilies.

Among these lilies
in Monet’s pond
Basho’s water sound     © Sylvia Forges-Ryan & Edward Ryan

strange perfume
from a faraway place
lotuses blooming        © Chèvrefeuille

lily raft
arising essence
awesome sight

©Birgitta Rudenius

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#haiku – Surprising

Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #5, comparison.

In the words of Betty Drevniok: ”In haiku the SOMETHING and the SOMETHING ELSE are set down together in clearly stated images. Together they complete and fulfill each other as ONE PARTICULAR EVENT.” She rather leaves the reader to understand that the idea of comparison is showing how two different things are similar or share similar aspects.

a spring nap
downstream cherry trees
in bud

surprising
my flower window
orchid buds

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#haiku Moon quit and fled

Carpe Diem #659, Servant’s Day (Yabu-iri).

yabu- iri ya  mamori- bukuro o  wasure kusa

Apprentice’s holiday:
a good-luck amulet
forgotten in the grass
© Buson

farewell cherry blossoms,
the servants have abandoned me,
will you bloom again?
© Chèvrefeuille

a tear fell down
servant realized done in
the moon quit and fled

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#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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