Carpe Diem #1186 Hazy Moon (Oborozuki)
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smear of yellow light
smudged fingerprint in the sky
hazy moon shining
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Carpe Diem #1186 Hazy Moon (Oborozuki)
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smear of yellow light
smudged fingerprint in the sky
hazy moon shining
D”Verse Poets Pub – Does your dog wear a raincoat???
Lillian is tending bar with the animals today
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Feathered Friends
people sit beneath this tree
watching you, watching me
spilling secrets from their hearts
not suspecting we are smart
enough to even comprehend
the bond between two special friends
so we just sit and until they leave
astounded they are so naive
Carpe Diem #1185 mirage (miraajuu)
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puddles on the road
shimmering in the sunlight
only a mirage
Carpe Diem #1184 Spring Equinox (Haru Higan)
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light equals darkness
sun and moon in communion
vernal equinox
Carpe Diem #1183 first day of spring (haruno saisho no hi)
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sparrows gather twigs
each day begins to lengthen
new spring has arrived
Carpe Diem Namasté, The Spiritual Way #6 Haiku’s State of Mind – Zen
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morning tea
steam rising from a cup
ancestor spirits
d’Verse Poets Pub: Quadrille – balloon
De has us up in the air with balloons today
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Party Girlie
I’m feeling rather bal(loony)
No one pulling my strings
No longer anchored by
Heavy thoughts
Floating along with whichever
Wind blows the sweetest
Bobbing through the day seemingly
Without direction or purpose
Looking for a party or some
Celebration where I can
Be me
Carpe Diem #1179 Arise
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vernal equinox
earth shakes off dust of winter
green shoots arise
Carpe Diem Universal Jane #13 Sijo the Korean poem
Sijo is traditionally composed in three lines of 14-16 syllables each, totaling between 44-46 syllables. A pause breaks each line approximately in the middle; it resembles a caesura but is not based on metrics.
Here is my attempt at this form
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a gentle breeze blowing through dry reeds sang a mournful song
and the nightingale answered with a hopeful melody
young lovers heard neither making, instead, their own sweet music
Weekend Mini Challenge: Thought Animals
Kimis our host in the Garden this weekend
A Poem Takes Flight
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Like a small caterpillar
My thoughts grow
Fed with nibbles of ink
And syllables
Bit by bit they become bigger
Until they’ve out grown
Their small skin – shedding
Unwanted ideas and trite phrases
Growing longer and wiser
My words curl up, take a break
Transform into a poem
Then spread their wings and fly