Carpe Diem Special #205 – Sara McNulty’s first “tree frog serenade”
hot night
chorus outside my window
tree frog serenade
(c) Sara McNulty
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Here is my attempt inspired by Sara’s haiku
first light
sparrow and finch compete
singing contest
Tag: Carpe Diem
dreams haiga
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sleeping dove
do you dream of
ancient spirits
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Carpe Diem #950 – dreams
companionship haiga
gray squirrels
in late spring snow
sharing seeds
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old bricks
Carpe Diem #947 – grass pillow
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mossy bricks
unearthed in crumbling shed
new garden path
spring evening
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house sparrows
startled into flight
no hawk heard
crocus
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violet crocus
blooming in spring snow
nature’s mystery
spring tonic
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stinging nettles
scavenged from neighbor’s field
spring tonic
new moon
Carpe Diem Trokubetsudesu #74
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new moon
takes a deep breath
earth responds
zinnia
Carpe Diem #2 – Theme Week
Color Your Life – Orange
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orange petals
summon bees and butterflies
zinnias flutter
frost
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apple blossoms
hang limply from branches
spring frost
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