another witch’s pyre
has left the autumn mist
too tired to lift
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1279 Yekaterinburg, 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 George Michael –
starflowers bloom
they say from one to another
the word wow
come and see
the pretty woman who nibbles a grape
is a snail
in my garden
the autumn wind tenderly
from thorn to thorn
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #2 Troiku “a hundred gourds”, another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. For this prompt we were asked to write a ‘troiku’ of haiku, using the three lines from a haiku written by Chiyo-Ni when she was six years old –
in my garden
starflowers bloom
come and see
All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Black Grape –
soon, brother
an autumn leaf
in moonlight
in moonlight
each footstep
fallen leaves
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1232 abstract autumn (unknown artist), 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 Walker Brothers –
from autumn’s weird light
the low clouds as battered gold
as the lost leaves
each breath off the lake dimly
rustles as we grow distant
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #7 Teika’s third Tanka Writing Technique “Elegant beauty”, 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 House of Love –
clearer autumn
darkness for us left behind
in a bright leaf’s fall
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Special (2nd guest) Kala Ramesh’s 5th “with all the stars”, 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 Bonnie Prince Billy –
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