old year ends
hope for better times
first day dawns
With Carpe Diem #1842: End of Year,
Kristjaan (Chèvrefeuille) reminds us that
in classical Japan (following the Lunar calendar)
there was a fifth season ”New Year.”
Using “first day” as a kigo, this senryū is my response.
Also shared with Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille
and with
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #171 : New Year’s Day
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston – First Dream of the New Year, by Kôzan
late freighter
end of the season
ice to come
This haiku is my response to Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 205 #Poet’sChoice.
Image: lake freighter entering Buffalo River from Lake Erie
(Buffalo’s 1833 lighthouse in the background)
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October
rising moon returns
a new light
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1838 Blue Moon.
The full moon on October 31 (Halloween) was a blue moon
(the second of two full moons occurring in the same month).
Also shared with Colleen’s #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge
No. 201, #Poet’s Choice.
Image: October 2020 Blue Moon
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snow-capped peak
on seaside mountain
winter wind
The prompt for Carpe Diem #1837 – blowing in the wind is to write a haiku
inspired by Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” I’ve also written a senryū.
drifting clouds
blowin’ in the wind
seeking change
Image source: Wikimedia Commons – The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, by Hokusai
now forlorn
with heads bowed
sunflowers
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1834: sunflowers
Image source: publicdomainpictures.net – Peter Griffin
mist on the river
where shallow water runs deep
quiet paddle strokes
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1835: caught by the call (Hando).
Image: Niagara River
butterfly
a fluttering leaf
deception
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1833 Butterfly.
Also shared with Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 198, #Poet’sChoice.
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Pinks and Butterfly, by Utagawa Hiroshige
(cropped here)
transition
as dark clouds move in
coming storm
This haiku is my response to
Carpe Diem #1830: Storm.
Image source: ukiyo-e.org / Artelino.com
Storm is coming – Hatsukaze, by Nishijima Katzuyuki
falling rain
heavy on the leaves
changing hues
This haiku is my response to
Carpe Diem Time Challenge #4: rainy days.
Image source: Harvard Art Museums
Two Gallinules and Lotus Leaves in Shallow Water in the Rain
by Soseki
