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
morning dew short-lived ~ haiku
morning dew short-lived
as temperature rises
longest day arrives
as sunlight tarries
its hold on the day weakens
night waits patiently
as evening arrives
darkness finally takes over
longer nights to come
This haiku sequence is my response to
Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille – Summer Solstice
at Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie.
Image: Summer Solstice 2009, Niagara River
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
