paper lanterns

~ Candace ~ 4 Comments

The featured haiku poet at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai today is Michael Dylan Welch.
Chevrefeuille asks us to compose a new haiku inspired by this one written by the featured poet.

roar of the midway –
the toddler’s balloon
rises in the moonlight

© Michael Dylan Welch
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10,000 Paper Lanterns www.telegraph.co.uk
10,000 Paper Lanterns
http://www.telegraph.co.uk

paper lanterns
floating in the night sky
imitate stars

© Candace Kubinec

Troiku reprise

~ Candace ~ 1 Comment

At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, Chevrefeuille has challenged us to crate a Troiku
from one of Basho’s haiku

butterflies and birds
restlessly they rise up
a cloud of flowers

© Basho  (Tr Jane Reichold)

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butterflies and birds
soar on gentle summer breeze
paint pale blue sky

restlessly they rise up
flocks of shiny black starlings
flying to warmer skies

a cloud of flowers
heavenly plum blossoms
above my head

silent man

~ Candace ~ 27 Comments

Over at d’Verse today Mary has asked us to try writing as if we are the opposite gender.
Quite a challenge! Here’s my “Gender Bender”

you think i don’t
notice when you
cut your hair
you think I’m not
listening when you
tell me stories about
your friends
you think i don’t
care when you wear
a new dress or new shoes
i notice
i listen
i care
but my words seem
trivial, insignificant
you deserve better
i stay silent