as a hammer sparks
on stone his loneliness
signals a god
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #868 Stag Beetle / Flying Deer, 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 Super Furry Animals –
thin leaves say
this dreary November sky
falls off
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #20 Paradox, 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 Tim Hardin –
a sole raven
the field full of frost
with a tear
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #865 torn apart book (reading nature), 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 Smog –
my quiet heart
or fish returning upstream
in a silver wake
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #863 Black Lake (Khar Us), another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. For this prompt we were asked to ‘distil’ this poem by Mongolian poet, L. Olziitogs:
Looking at mountains, I feel I am a mountain.
Looking at mist and haze, I feel I am a cloud.
After the rain has fallen, I feel that I am grass, and
When sparrows start to sing, I remember I am morning.
I am not a human, that’s for sure.
When stars flare up, I feel I am the darkness
When girls shed their clothes, I remember I am spring
When I smell the desire of everybody in this world,
I realize how my quiet heart is a fish’s.
I am not a human, that’s for sure.
Under the colorful sky, an immense EMPTINESS
Starting from today I am only…
All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Hawkwind –
twists of sun
a feather’s gold fall
in shadows, out
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #862 Vistas, 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 Bob Dylan –
IN MEMORY EVERYTHING SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO MUSIC -Tennessee Williams
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