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”
Category: RENGA
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
WINTER CHRYSANTHEMUM
winter chrysanthemum,
wearing nothing
but its own light
Mizuhara Shūōshi (1892-1981)
as I touch with my fingers
transference of their gold dust
tan renga
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Response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday #13 Winter Chrysanthemum
FAMILY TOMBSTONE
adding father’s name
to the family tombstone
with room for my own
Nicholas Virgilio
all alone for the first time
with a blanket of silence
tan renga
Copyright © 2020 by Dorna Hainds
Response to Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Wednesday #11 family tombstone
SUCH A COLD NIGHT
lying down
with quilts over the head
such a cold night
Basho
the counting of twinkling stars
has me nearly sound to sleep
tan renga
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Response to Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Wednesday #10 such a cold night
SHIKI’S PERSIMMON
when I ate a persimmon
the bell rang
the Horyuji temple Shiki
a flood of memories
of my granny’s garden
tan renga
Copyright © 2020 by Dorna Hainds
Response to Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Wednesday (9) I ate a persimmon
AT DAWN
so faintly
the grey of predawn
that eke through
haiku
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at dawn birds start to sing
praising their Creator … as always
Chèvrefeuille
Response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (6) at dawn (hineri)
CRYSTAL DEWDROPS 4
shining like a jewel
these purples flowers
almost frozen to death
haiku
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pink morning glory in full bloom
covered with crystal dewdrops
Chèvrefeuille
Response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (4) crystal dewdrops (hineri / with a twist)
CRYSTAL BROOK
crystal brook
reflects the willow trees
birds sing their song
Yozakura
bidding you adieu little leaf
for everything there’s a season
tan renga
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Response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (3) Crystal Brook (Yozakura)
LOVEBIRDS
fallen autumn leaves
a cascade of color
painting a forest floor
lovebirds living in small flocks
sing sweetly from limb to limb
among leaves so green
where sunbeams rarely creep
bright-eyed stars will see
in this season’s cold silence
infinite grassy meadow
sweet amorous song
old lovers renew their vows
softly tinged with blue
sitting under God’s bright sun
of a thousand tomorrows
Soliloquy No Renga
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Response to Carpe Diem #1769 free choice of prompt, and make a Soliloquy No Renga with it
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