pink blossom
embraces blue sky
cherry spring
This haiga/haiku is my response to Colleen’s #TankaTuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 248 #PhotoPrompt, using the photo
provided by sangeetha, Tilini – The Himalaya, 2021.
Haiga
crow ponders ~ tanka
crow ponders
perception of depth
as moon swims
reflects on distance
depth of illusion
This tanka is my response to Sunday Muse #162,
with the image provided by The Sunday Muse.
streetcar to nowhere ~ senryū
social distancing
under travel restrictions
streetcar to nowhere
Off prompt for Day 21 at napowrimo.net, this senryū is my response to Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday Weekly#Poetry Challenge No. 222 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt.
~ Day 21 ~
Image source: mollyroselee at Pixabay
Mother Nature ~ haiga
I’ve decided to try to create a “haiga sort of image” for Mother Nature, a poem inspired by Catrin Welz-Stein’s Listen, which was posted yesterday as a response to the dVerse prompt Let the Words Be Your Paintbrush! from Lillian at dVerse ~ Poets Pub. I’ve attempted two different text formats with Catrin’s image
Mother Nature
Below, as above
the mother of all
that is interconnected
holds true in her vision
of what is right.
She cannot do otherwise.
It is in her nature.
The artwork of Catrin Welz-Stein can be found here.
look skyward ~ senryū
look skyward
when seeking answers
the moon knows
This haiga/senryū is my response to
Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 196: #ThemePrompt,
with the words sourced from my magnetic poem Understanding.
Background image: crescent moon, 24 June 2020
(The theme for the prompt is “The Night Sky.”)
no hiding ~ haiku
no hiding
in water lilies
green heron
This haiku is my response to Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 193 #Poet’sChoice.
Photos: green heron, Missouri, 04 September 2020
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bright burst of color ~ haiku
bright burst of color
leaving blanket of dry leaves
this path to autumn
This haiku is my response to Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 152 #Poet’sChoice.
Photos taken 5 November 2019 while hiking at Painted Rock Conservation Area, Missouri.
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unexpected gift ~ tanka
Carpe Diem #1775 Morning Glory! is part of a new feature,
“Carpe Diem’s Transformation,” which has the goal of using the scenes and images
of a given haiku to create a transformed haiku into a tanka.
Another feature of Carpe Diem is to create a Tan Renga, a short exercise that adds two lines to a given haiku to create a tanka. Making a distinction, I have interpreted this new prompt
to be a challenge to first transform a given haiku by re-creating it
before adding two lines to make it a tanka.
The haiku provided (in blue) is by Chiyo-Ni, and my tanka follows.
morning glory!
the well bucket-entangled,
I ask for water
Chiyo-Ni
unexpected gift
morning glory filled with water
refreshing my thirst
accepted as good omen
a fresh start to my travels
Image source: morguefile.com / rollingroscoe
leaves in autumn rain ~ haiku
leaves in autumn rain
apples ready for harvest
beginning of life
This haiku/haiga is my response to Carpe Diem
Weekend Meditation #108 CD Imagination … Still Life,
which offers an image by Dina Belenko for inspiration.
Image source: Bored Panda – Dina Belenko
their colors aflame ~ haiku ~ magnetic poetry
their colors aflame
shade changing with the season
the beauty of leaves
This haiku/Haiga/magnetic poetry is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #107: Fall Foliage
If you want to try magnetic poetry, you can do it online, here.
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