Oak

Carpe Diem #989 – Oak

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under the canopy
prayers of the ancient Druids
swirl around my head

full circle

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #84 Back in Time
“Carpe Diem full circle”

summer shower
princess gems left behind
droplets on willow

desert oasis
only palm trees cast shadows
relief for camels

III

silent cruise ship
ocean foams white like snow
rainbow follows

yellow fluttering
in lines above the shrine
prayer flags

word list -summer, princess,willow, oasis, palm tree, camel, cruise ship, snow, rainbow, yellow, shrine, prayer

Carpe Diem Special # 210 “butterfly wings”
Joyce Lorenson”s 2nd

left behind
jeweled wing
of a cicada

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge # 102
The plum blossoms gone,
They look older than they are,
Ancient cottage eaves.

Carpe Diem # 968 Germany

poppies and grapevines
clinging to steep hillsides
along the Rhine

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 29th: “a single frosty rose” by Mizuhara Shuoshi (1892-1981)

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A new year begins
With the blooming
Of a single frosty rose (Mizuhara Shuoshi)

fragile petals opening
like the beauty of new love (Candy)

Carpe Diem Theme Week 4
Latifa Prayer – “I hope”

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planting seeds
on his knees in the dirt
farmer prays for rain

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge – May 8

carrying his mother
and leading his child by the hand …
cherry blossoms!

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge – May 7
a dragonfly pair
fastened to one another
went flickering by

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holding hands beside the lake
young lovers sit on the grass

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge – 5
“petal lanterns”

petal lanterns –
a waterfall of flowers
her lips touch mine

the moon shines softly on us
we cast just one shadow