morning mist settles
no breeze but the breath of air
beauty of hoarfrost
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1785 Hoarfrost,
which offers hoarfrost as a winter kigo.
Image source: pexels.com / Krivec Ales
Haiku
embracing light ~ haiku
Carpe Diem #1782 freestyling haiku … Devouring Apricots invites us to revise four haiku by Jane Reichhold (in blue) in a way that does not adhere to the rule of 5-7-5 for haiku, instead having minimal wording.
Source: ukiyo-e.org
Asters and Bluebird
Yoshimoto Gesso
light carried in my arms
apple blossoms from a neighbor
on my doorstep
devouring apricots
the fine hairs of er mustache
moist and juicy
broken by the storm
the asters’ fragrance rises
out of damp earth
rusty red the bracken
its shape lost as the cold
takes the bird’s wing
© Jane Reichhold
embracing light
damp earth
apple blossom gift
most welcome
apricots
on luscious lips
moistening
yields spent asters’ essence
storm’s fragrance
bracken darkens
wilting in the cold
of lost wings
in shade of cypress ~ haiku
in shade of cypress
good fortune shines on white crane
sun in cloudless sky
Image: Great Egret on Cross Lake, Louisiana, June 2011
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red leaf of dogwood ~ haiku
red leaf of dogwood
brilliant yellow of maple
shadows dance with light
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1781
The Quest for a New Masterpiece … colorful autumn.
Photos taken 05 November 2019 at Painted Rock Conservation Area, Missouri.
on hidden pond ~ haiku
on hidden pond
splash of leaping frog
no one to hear
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem #1780
The Old Pond by Basho, which is to revise the following classic haiku by Bashō.
old pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water
Bashō
Image source: dkfindout.com
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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11-7
The current theme at Pure Haiku is Disintegrate,
and my haiku is featured today.Other responses can be seen by clicking here.
compassion absent
during both good times and bad
friendship collapses
© Ken Gierke 2019
With haiku and tanka offering an opportunity for subtlety in such few words, I find myself focusing more on Japanese poetry, lately.
This haiku is part of our theme of Disintegrate.
