bathers dive in
their laughter in a bright pool
the sunlight splashes
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #670, Bathing, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, which gave Cézanne’s painting “Les Grandes Baigneuses” as our inspiration. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s the 13th Floor Elevators, with Splash 1 –
ancient laughter
captured in a canyon wind –
yucca leaves, rustling (© Paloma)
it’s the sound of shade
and an old lizard feels blessed (Blake)
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This poem is part of Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge #66, Jen’s “ancient laughter”, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. In this challenge a lovely haiku by Jen of Blog It or Lose It was our inspiration and we were asked to take her hokku and add two lines in approximately 7/7 syllables, to create a two-person tanka, a tan renga. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here.
For me, with zero experience of deserty canyons, that type of landscape means Clint Eastwood, so let’s finish with some Ennio Morricone –
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