Carpe Diem #1393 Spring Is Coming
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back and forth
sparrows carry twigs
nest building
Category: haiku
silence
Carpe Diem #1391 A Great Silence
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a lover’s moon
slipping into the old pond
with a silent kiss
Mesopotamia
Carpe Diem #1372 Mesopotamia
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ancient city
holding wisdom in its arms
Mesopotamia
morning glory
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
vinyl record
Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #19 Out Of The Box #2 Tau-ku
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the story of my youth
captured
in the grooves of a spinning disc
tulip
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.
desert
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
Gansu
Carpe Diem #1362 Gansu (Northern route)
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weary travelers
prayers lifting to heaven
past the Buddhas
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
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