in the sky
in the wandering wind
the weight of grief
haiku
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Response to Carpe Diem #1823 The Path Of Enlightenment
Category: CARPE DIEM
KANJIZAI-JI
a speck of dust
all that is left behind
after death
OR
cosmic dust
all that we are
after death
haiku
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Response to Carpe Diem #1822 Kanjizai-ji (temple 40)
KARUMI CHRYSANTHEMUM
White chrysanthemum
I look holding it straight
no dust at all
© Basho
its whiteness resembles
the last of winter’s snow
tan renga
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Response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday #16 Basho’s “karumi”
RYOZENJI
day vigil
temple monks
humming their hymns
haiku
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Response to Carpe Diem #1821 Ryozenji (the first temple)
SHIKOKU ISLANDS
on temple ground
some leafy pilgrims
have yet to depart
haiku
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Response to Carpe Diem #1820 Introduction to Shikoku Island
KITTENS
the timeless purr
of contentment
cats
OR
a sprinkling of stars
cats walking
whenever, wherever
haiku
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Response to Carpe Diem #1816 kittens
WISTERIA BEANS
wisteria beans
let’s make that a theme for haikai
a flower fruit
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
counting purple raindrops
as they fall one by one
tan renga
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Response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday #14 Wisteria Beans
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
snow flurries
baby’s first smile
on the ultrasound
haiku
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Response to Carpe Diem #1813 Love At First Sight
AFTER VALENTINE’S DAY
РПУМЕ чБМЕОФЙОПЧБ ДОС –
ЛТБУОЩЕ МЕРЕУФЛЙ ОБ РПМХ, Й
НЕФМБ Ч ХЗМХ
day after Valentine’s –
red petals on the floor, and
a broom in the corner
© Alexey Andreyev
year after year
i dream
of my childhood love
haiku
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Response to Carpe Diem #1812 The Day After Valentine’s Day …
LOVE LETTERS
year after year
unopened love letters
piling up
at her fingertips
haiku
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Response to Carpe Diem #1811 Valentine’s Day …
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