Carpe Diem #1363 Taklamakan Desert (the “Sea of Death”)(Northern route)
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footprints of camels
swept away by shifting sand
desolate desert
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Silk Road
Carpe Diem #1361 Chang’an (Northern Route)
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traders and pilgrims
traveling the silk road
rich and poor
Yugen
Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #18 Yugen, a new feature
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walking in the woods
wondering, whose path
do I follow
Tea Kettle
Carpe Diem #1359 The Tea Kettle
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curling slowly upward
steam from the ancient tea kettle
spirits dancing
Green Willow
Carpe Diem #1358 Green Willow
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fingers of soft wind
tangle through hanging branches
green willow
The Flute
Carpe Diem #1357 The Flute
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those gone before
remembered only as notes
from a bamboo flute
A Cherita
Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #17 Out of The Carpe Diem Box …
A new form, for me, a Cherita using the theme Winter Time
Cherita (pronounced CHAIR-rita) is a linked poetry form of one-, two-, and three-line stanzas.
Cherita is the Malay word for “story” or “tale”.
Here’s my attempt
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Snow fell steadily overnight
Morning sun shines
On fields of white
Tracks cross from woods to road
Left behind by white tailed deer
Foraging for food
choir of angels
Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #5 a choir of angels
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wiggling children
voices lifted to heaven
choir of angels
mirror
Carpe Diem #1331 mirror
‘The mirror reflects perfectly; it makes no mistakes because it doesn’t think. To think is to make mistakes.” […] (Source: The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho)
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gazing ball
reflecting distorted images
in shades of red
Indian Summer
Carpe Diem #1266 Koharu (Indian Summer)
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Indian summer
sun shines brightly in the sky
without warmth
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