a gallery of swans
feather the mountainside –
sunrise
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #785 goraikou or sunrise seen from a mountain top, another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, since I’ve featured no 80s indie with zero production values for a while, here’s the Wild Swans –
trickle, blood
from an old corner of a smile
ladybirds exit
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #783 Tentoumushi (Lady bug), another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Radiohead –
taste strawberries
at night – a dark gauze of stockings –
you redden my tongue
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #781 Ichigo (Strawberry), another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s The Byrds –
like me
the bee never knows if this is
a peony
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Time Machine #12 Botan (Peony), a great prompt from Paloma, 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 The Bee Gees –
the canal slicks by
still black as the sunrise and I
cross the bridge
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This poem was written in response to On The Trail With Basho Encore #9 Bridge of Morning, 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 The Dubliners –
IN MEMORY EVERYTHING SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO MUSIC -Tennessee Williams
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