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
(edited here)
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
early chill waning ~ haiku
early chill waning
cherry trees in blossom haze
morning fog lifting
This is my response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #83: blossom haze.
Image source: unsplash.com / Banter Snaps
river sounds muted~ haiku
river sounds muted
current draws fog along shore
heron goes without
Image: Niagara River – 13 November 2010
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heron spied on shore ~ haiku video
heron spied on shore
silver flash in bill, then gone
river rushes by
This haiku is in response to the prompt for NaPoWriMo.net Day 23, which is to write a poem about an animal.
Image: Great Blue Heron in the Niagara River Gorge, 09 September 2008
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The camera I used for the photo was a small Canon. It also took video, and I actually captured the heron catching a fish. I had been using the camera to upload to YouTube for two years. The video was a small format (320×240) and it was in flash video, so that was the format I uploaded. I found that file today and used a clip to create an mp4 video in 640×480 (thus a slight blurriness) for this video poem.
