Carpe Diem Theme Week #3 – Magnolia Blossoms
haiku by Soseki Natsume
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magnolia blossoms
hanging limply from branches
sudden spring frost
Category: carpe diem haiku kai
counting stars
morning
Special 206
Carpe Diem Special # 206 –Sara McNulty’s 2nd
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life completes circle
at the end of the journey
death draws the last line
(c) Sara McNulty
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darkness descends
the hope of day slowly fades
light dies
clouds
air
Carpe Diem #953 – air
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train whistle
echoes in the night air
lonesome thoughts
Special
Carpe Diem Special #205 – Sara McNulty’s first “tree frog serenade”
hot night
chorus outside my window
tree frog serenade
(c) Sara McNulty
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Here is my attempt inspired by Sara’s haiku
first light
sparrow and finch compete
singing contest
dreams haiga
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sleeping dove
do you dream of
ancient spirits
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Carpe Diem #950 – dreams
companionship haiga
gray squirrels
in late spring snow
sharing seeds
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Carpe Kiem #949 – companionship
Imagination: a Month of Haiga
old bricks
Carpe Diem #947 – grass pillow
In the Way of Basho – sabi
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mossy bricks
unearthed in crumbling shed
new garden path
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