husks of leaves
cup the fresh sunlight and trills
from tiny birds
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Namasté the Spiritual Way #2 pilgrimage, 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 Johnny Thunders –
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 –
leaves and insects
find the winter wind’s shelter
passing days
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem Special #188 Georgia’s 4th, another choka, another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. In this prompt we were given Georgia’s Christmas choka as an inspiration:
Meditation
reflecting, meditating
my thoughts contemplating,
watching the leaves blow around
without hearing a sound
relativity
looked at in simplicity
observing the east and west
there I began my day’s quest
thus I discovered death
with a baby’s breath!
I think babies born today
have just finished dying
from the world that they knew well
living that awful hell
we call being born
then, I saw death everywhere
for which I have no care
leaves and insects, passing days
a simple passing phase
why then should I fear
© Georgia (a.k.a. Bastet, 2013)
All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Nico –
grizzly rain, a cold
evening rich in feral voices –
December leaves
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #879 On our way to Mogamigawa: summer rains, admirable, 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 Liquid Liquid –
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 –
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