off-gold
at roadside a drying trickle
of fox’s brains
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1240 Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue (Barnett Newman), 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 Tommy James and the Shondells, with Tommy wearing a fox curled up on his head –
showers then
old gold lays on the hedgerows
the mist’s thin pockets
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #9 Naked Rock (AHA-poetry 2013), 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 Les “Them” –
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 –
frayed gold long grass
stems bow in a soft summer
breeze before the blades
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Perpetuum Mobile #1 Introduction to a new feature, 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 Reality (a 70s Dutch funk band, apparently; never heard them before but they’re pretty groovy) –
blue cape thin as rags –
butterfly on the gold throne
of a dandelion
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #727 a butterfly flies, 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 Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps –
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