Inspired by:
suddenly,
the crickets
hush
(c) Jennifer Hu 2014
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and then,
the last leaf,
fallen
fallen
season’s end
downtrodden
***
the sky exploded –
her spoon
half-way to her mouth
(c) Tournesol ’15
Category: Haiku
Off-Key (haiku)
Still on the path of Jennifer Hu, from her collection: Final Thoughts (2014)
A sharp cry –
the tea kettle
can’t sing
(c) Jennifer Hu 2014
silly love songs
giddy teens croon
off-key
an Irish song
shower echoes off –key
ghosts shudder
tender love song
echoes from the shower –
soft cries
(c) Tournesol ’15
first plum (Tan Renga)
A different challenge at Carpe Diem today…we are to compose the hokku to complete this tan renga.
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where the waters flow afar
the village glows with sweet plum flowers (Anonymous)
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in her mind’s eye-
sucks the juice of that first plum,
her first born
© Tournesol ’15
my river (haiga)
back home
my river holds
the universe
© Tournesol`15
I couldn`t decide which so I added these as well:
the river-
stories from afar,
show and tell
my river
flows in different
shades of blue and green
the river
brings the world
to me
© Tournesol’15
heavy rains (kyoka)
menacing clouds burst
rampant river overflows
old dam gives in
like grandpa`s old sweater
unravels on his portly chest
© Tournesol ’15
daisy (haiku)
I saw you walking,
daisy for the picking-but,
let the world see you
© Tournesol’15
moonbeams (haiku)
A post at Chris at The Muscleheaded Blog made me think of a poem I read this week by Chiyo-Ni
nani kite mo
utsukushiku naru
tsukimi kana
beautiful
whatever we wear
moon viewing
(c) Chiyo-Ni
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sleepwalks
on a midsummer night
moonbeams
(c) Tournesol’15
heavy heart/ coeur lourd (haiku)
Inspiration:
a peony bush
heavy with flowers …
trying to pick
from a long list of names
for the full spring moon
© Laura Williams (a.k.a. Lolly of Lovely Things)
arbuste penchant
amour lourd de pivoine
coeur tender verse ses larmes
flowered shrub leans
peonies weighed with love
tender heart bleeds tears
(c) Tournesol’15
http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.ca/2015/08/carpe-diem-special-163-lollys-fifth.html
weep not (troiku – Jennifer Hu inspired)
Hu, Jennifer (2014-10-30). The Flow of Peace: 40 Haiku inspired by Zen practice (October 2014) (Kindle Locations 18-19). . Kindle Edition.
Out my window
even the sky
will end. . .
© Jennifer Hu (The flow of Peace)
I’ve tried to create a troiku with Hu’s haiku:
Out my window
even the sky
will end. . .
© Jennifer Hu
out my window
a robin preys
fledglings chirp
even the sky
has its limits,
weeps
will end…
for a season – only,
weep not
© Tournesol’15
Zen inspired (haiku)
This was not an easy prompt. I usually do not participate because I look through Lolly’s amazing poems, then flip through a few other family members and cannot decide. So this time chose Jennifer Hu. Oh, it was still a difficult feat since I have about 5 haiku collections by her. So I chose a few from (2014-11-25). Final Things: 40 Haiku inspired by Zen practice, Kindle Edition
A sharp cry-
the tea kettle
can’t sing
© Jennifer Hu ’14
an Irish tune –
shower echoes
off key
© Tournesol ’15
Ah! So many wrinkles, now —
but the mirror
is smooth
© Jennifer Hu 2014
how frail
her unsteady gait – girlish
sparkle in her eyes
© Tournesol ’15
Suddenly
the crickets
hush.
© Jennifer Hu 2014
thunder clap,
swallows in the tree
lost their tweet
© Tournesol ’15
http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.ca/2015/08/carpe-diem-utabukuro-8.html
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