on Brighton beach
I can’t see you anymore
splinters tell the boat
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1222 Beach, 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 Emmylou Harris, the only person on the planet who can wear tasselled gauntlets –
on a new soft shoe
that will crush us in the morning
cockroach
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1221 Cockroach (Gokiburi), 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 Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris –
twilight born
on the bare tree’s silhouette
go three ravens
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1220 Twilight, 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 Only Ones –
a stitch of sky
torn loose and free as the wind –
kingfisher
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1219 Kingfisher (Kawasemi), 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 Buffalo Springfield –
a geisha’s bow
undone and in the blossoms
the eclipse starts
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1218 Solar Eclipse, 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 Otis Redding and Booker T & the MGs –
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