Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016
Find the Silence – 3
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back yard pond
silently fishing
blue heron
Tag: haiku
Silence Two
Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016
Find the Silence – 2
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morning calm
cup of tea slowly steeping
meditation
Silence One
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Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016
Find the Silence – 1
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super moon
filling the night sky
makes no sound
Oragami
Carpe Diem #1079 folding paper
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flock of black birds
origami in the sky
fall migration
Full Circle two
Full Circle at Carpe Diem
Here are the words to use – in order
1. rain
2. young leaves
3. buds
4. mountain
5. silence
6. monk
7. river
8. summer breeze
9. she
10. snow
11. sparrow (s)
12. blue sky
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spring rain
young leaves give shelter
tender buds
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mountain meadow
wild flowers bow in silence
like monks in prayer
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clear river
rippled by summer breeze
she dips in her toes
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first snow fall
sparrows wait in pine trees
until blue sky returns
butterfly
Carpe Diem #1063 butterfly
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yellow leaves
falling to the ground
one flys away
Summer Solstice
Carpe Diem #1054 Summer Solstice
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shadows lengthen
slowly into evening
summer solstice
path
Carpe Diem #1030 “path”
inspiration for today is from a very talented haiku poet
[…] “Ah…and then there’s the path, always the path, there, to concentrate on.. ” […] Hamish Managua Gunn
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abandoned temple
crumbled stones along the path
only weeds remain
garden
pink cosmos blossoms
waving in the summer breeze
wait for buzzing bees
old house
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.
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rotting wood
empty house slowly crumbles
memories linger