ballet of fireflies
bids farewell to fading light
evening chill sets in
This haiku is my response to Carpe Diem
Exploring the Beauty of Haiku #1827 Paradox.
I see it more as irony, and perhaps this includes two instances?
Also shared with Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday
#Poetry Challenge No. 185, #Poet’sChoice.
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Tree Cricket and Firefly, by Kitagawa Utamoro
hard rains bring wet spring
tall grass grows beneath the trees
where are the fireflies
This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai
Challenge #142: firefly.
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Firefly and Spider Web, unknown artist
Carpe Diem #1684 Troiku Month – Fireflies offers
a haiku by Jim Kacian (in blue) to be used to create a troiku.
steamy night
fireflies
out in the rain
© Jim Kacian
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steamy night
waiting for coming downpour
lights glowing in grass
fireflies
showing off their bright color
in search of a mate
out in the rain
fireflies taking shelter
lights dim with success
A troiku is three haiku, with each of the three lines from a suggested haiku as the first line of each haiku in the troiku. It’s not always possible to have a 5-7-5 format in the second haiku, due to the limitations of the suggested haiku. The name of the form is derived from “troika,” a sled or carriage drawn by three horses harnessed side-by-side, an iconic symbol of Imperial Russia.
Images
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
(Tree Cricket and Firefly, by Kitagawa Utamoro)
Wikimedia Commons (troika)
Carpe Diem #1602 Tan Renga – the night of firefly asks us to use a haiku
by Katsuro Nabuko (in blue) to create a Tan Renga Hineri, or tan renga with a twist,
by creating a tanka and following it with a completely new tanka.
Kristjaan describes the original poem as a love-haiku.
I wear loosely
and meet the man
at the night of firefly
© Katsura Nobuko
gentle breeze on warm evening
brushing cheek like soft caress
amid glowing stars
as we look up to the stars
in a warm embrace
we go indoors, turn lights out
leave fireflies for other things
Image source: japantravel.com
tree frogs watch in awe
full moon at summer solstice
fireflies dance with joy
June 20, 2016 saw the first full moon to occur at the summer solstice since 1948.
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