ghosting in
vapour by vapour in the blue
that paleness is the moon
where last year dangles
on one horn of tonight’s moon
its paleness tilts
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #637, Departing Year, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here.
ancient laughter
captured in a canyon wind –
yucca leaves, rustling (© Paloma)
it’s the sound of shade
and an old lizard feels blessed (Blake)
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This poem is part of Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge #66, Jen’s “ancient laughter”, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. In this challenge a lovely haiku by Jen of Blog It or Lose It was our inspiration and we were asked to take her hokku and add two lines in approximately 7/7 syllables, to create a two-person tanka, a tan renga. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here.
For me, with zero experience of deserty canyons, that type of landscape means Clint Eastwood, so let’s finish with some Ennio Morricone –
silver zips unzip
quick squeals meet black leather
the fireworks start
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #636, Fireworks, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. Tonight’s festive TV naturally included celebrations of the life and works of the king, including his ’68 comeback special – which is the only reason my mind was focused on black leather, see –
twilight frost gets ignored
in a doorway, in a basque
in December
working in Soho
the street’s damp blooms
in the twilight frost
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Special #124, Richard Wright’s last haiku of this month, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. Admittedly, the prompt took me a long way from Richard Wright’s haiku this time, but ah well… here are The Pogues.
little stars
shining words scatter
from a little mouth
talk is so little
under all the little stars
the vaguest comfort
then talk closes
in the distance between us
little stars
little stars
who hears brilliant words
come close
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #635, Stars, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s a delicate song by Big Star –
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