out of the washbowl
I scoop up
my distorted face
© Sumitaku Kenshin
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splash in place a pleasant smile
ready to greet a new day
© Candace Kubinec
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papyrus
ancient script written
on sheets of pale papyrus
library treasure
My Favorite Haiku By Matsuo Basho
how reluctantly
the bee emerges from deep
within the peony
© Basho
bee emerges from
throat of red gladiola
covered in pollen
© Candace Kubinec
leaf – a Haiku
golden autumn leaf
tires of holding hands with branch
falls slowly to earth
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also posted on Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides – Wednesday Poetry prompt
Windy
She is the wind
The clouds drift by
On her breath
The waves reach up
as she passes and
Trees bow before her
She is gentle but
When riled she
Causes destruction
Without compassion
She is the wind
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scarecrow – a Haiku
scarecrow waits in fields
for crow to land, mouse to chew
silently shouts boo
Round and Round
A carnival doesn’t come alive
Until the sun goes down
The bright snap of multi-color
Neon outlines the ferris wheeeee-l
And the swaying riders in the
Top car are silhouetted against
The night sky
grab – a Haiku
gold finch on sunflower
grabs favorite mid-day snack
picking seeds with beak
Renga Party 1 “in the twilight”
Chevrefeuille, over at Carpe Diem, is hosting a renga party!
He started it off with this –
in the twilight
mist creeps over the fields
stars twinkle
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Ese added the next bit –
climbing vines of honeysuckle
scented breezes lure out the moon
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now it’s my turn –
moonglow touches earth
sparkles brightly on still water
diamonds on the pond
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Play and Party
Sun and shadows play a game
Run and tag, one hides one seeks
Fun all day across the sky
Done when light begins to streak
And then the stars push them aside
Grand ballroom fills the inky sky
Band plays tunes preferred by moon
disband when curtain lifts by light
