Summer Retreat One

colorful blossoms
waving in the summer sun
spotted butterfly

bare feet

Tokubetsudetsu # 86 – Back in Time
“Only the first line”

with bare feet
harvested grain is threshed
on bamboo mats

Carpe Diem Utabukuro

before I arrived
who were the people living here
only violets remain
© Issa

When I read this Haiku by Issa, I was reminded of an old abandoned house not far from where I live.

rotting wood
empty house slowly crumbles
memories linger

Carpe Diem #990 – Rowan Tree

laden with berries
late summer feast for birds
magical branches

Carpe Diem #989 – Oak

~
under the canopy
prayers of the ancient Druids
swirl around my head

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #84 Back in Time
“Carpe Diem full circle”

summer shower
princess gems left behind
droplets on willow

desert oasis
only palm trees cast shadows
relief for camels

III

silent cruise ship
ocean foams white like snow
rainbow follows

yellow fluttering
in lines above the shrine
prayer flags

word list -summer, princess,willow, oasis, palm tree, camel, cruise ship, snow, rainbow, yellow, shrine, prayer

Carpe Diem Special # 210 “butterfly wings”
Joyce Lorenson”s 2nd

left behind
jeweled wing
of a cicada

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge # 102
The plum blossoms gone,
They look older than they are,
Ancient cottage eaves.

Carpe Diem # 968 Germany

poppies and grapevines
clinging to steep hillsides
along the Rhine

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month May 29th: “a single frosty rose” by Mizuhara Shuoshi (1892-1981)

—
A new year begins
With the blooming
Of a single frosty rose (Mizuhara Shuoshi)

fragile petals opening
like the beauty of new love (Candy)