dappled light above
as sun rays dance on the leaves
dancing in response
This haiku is my response to
Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #92
Quest for a New Masterpiece: Sun Rays.
Image source: unsplash.com / Sophia Nicholas
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haiku
falling forever ~ haiku
falling forever
feels like spring never ending
this midsummer rain
This haiku is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #91: midsummer rain.
Image source: wallpaperup.com
warm breeze in morning ~ haiku
warm breeze in morning
even as spring flowers bloom
temperatures rise
This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #88: summer-like.
new leaves fully grown ~ haiku
new leaves fully grown
welcome new life to their world
fawn taking first steps
This haiku is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #87: fawn.
Image source: ukiyo-e.org – Deer, by Inshō Domotō
photos on laptop ~ haiku
photos on laptop
showing newlyweds posing
beneath oak’s new leaves
The prompt for Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation # 86 – Carpe Diem’s Utopia is to write a modern Utopian (excellent) haiku, while using classical rules. Those rules are listed below, to show how this haiku, while having a modern theme, is able to meet the rules for a classic haiku.
• Syllable count of 5-7-5
• Inspiration source – (short moment in time) – here, that pose, with its significance
• Season word(kigo) – here, it is “new leaves,” indicating spring
• Interchanging – the first and third lines interchangeable without losing the imagery of the haiku
seeing potential ~ haiku
even an old man
has New Year’s eyes…
cherry blossoms
Issa
seeing potential
in arrival of new year
even in old age
The prompt for Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #85 Photo-shopping haiku – cherry blossoms is to “photo-shop” or remake a haiku by Kobayashi Issa (above in blue), by making a minor edit. I had a hard time stopping at “minor.”
Image source: Minneapolis Institute of Arts – Old Man Who Made Blossoms Bloom, by Sonsai Kōitsu
willow on stream bank ~ haiku
The prompt for Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #84 Quest for a New Masterpiece … Movement (Undou) asks us to create a new haiku using movement (or undou), inspired by Bashō’s “frog pond” haiku (tr. Jane Reichhold, below in blue).
old pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water
Bashō
willow on stream bank
long leaves trailing on water
knows little of thirst
Image: Niagara River Gorge at Whirlpool State Park, New York
