Category: carpe diem haiku kai

summer solstice

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Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #35 Troiku Challenge “summer solstice”

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between the wedded rocks (*)
the sun rises to her highest throne
summer solstice

mountain stream
the ice has melted – dances in the sun
crystal waterdrops

© Chèvrefeuille

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This challenge was to creat a fusion haiku using the two haiku by Chevrefeuille, and then create a Troiku from the fusion we created. Here is my attempt.

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melted water drops
dancing in the summer sun
crystal between rocks

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melted water drops
trickle between the rocks
mountain stream

dancing in the summer sun
welcoming the solstice
wedded rocks

crystal between rocks
like hidden gemstones
melted ice

 

moments

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Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #25 Use That Quote

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” […] Rabindranath Tagore.

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wisdom of butterflies
can not be learned
in a single moment

morning glory

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Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #20 Revise That Haiku

morning glory!
the well bucket-entangled,
I ask for water
© Chiyo-Ni

This weekend, Chevrefeuille, our host at Carpe Diem, has challenged us to revise this haiku by Chiyo-Ni

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my dawn thirst
quenched by purple beauty
a morning glory

 

tulip

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Carpe Diem #1364 Tian Shan Mountains (Northern route)

 

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native tulips
growing in the mountain’s shadow
little treasure

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I just finished reading Tulipomania by Mike Dash. This book gives the history of the cultivating, buying, and selling of tulips in the 16th and 17th centuries. The original tulip, that bears little resemblance to the varieties we know today, was discovered by the Turks in Central Asia.