Category: Haiku

First Cherry Blossom

first cherry blossomdancing in the gentle rainsweet garden rebirth first cherry blossombraving winter’s cutting edgebursting forth alone dancing in the gentle rainpetals glisteningspring will follow soon sweet garden rebirthwatercolors of new growthlone blue tit trilling Author’a Note: Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to write a… Continue Reading “First Cherry Blossom”

Moon Glow

Pale moon jellyfish graceful waltz in turquoise sea ethereal glow Author’s Note: Yesterday, we visited OdySea in the Desert, an aquarium attraction Scottsdale AZ. It was spectacular. These moon jellyfish were some of my favorites.

Morning Feed

Inca doves forage pecking between rocks for seed hawk’s wide-eyed prey flickr Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge

Crystal

dawn cries crystal tears dripping down to mother earth- spring seeds germinate Author’s Note: This month Chèvrefeuille has re-birthed an old feature called Time Glass with a slight change. We have 36 hours to create our theme which can be can be a haiku, a… Continue Reading “Crystal”

Morning Tea

for his morning tea a monk sits down in utter silence- confronted by chrysanthemums     © Matsuo Basho (Tr. unknown) sacred serene ritualsteeped in solitude of peace ©2019 Linda Lee Lyberg This month at Carpe Diem, we have a Tan Renga challenge. A… Continue Reading “Morning Tea”

Black Forest

somber black forest-pines crack under massive weightdressed in evening snow Carpe Diem: http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2019/01/carpe-diem-1596-black-forest.html

Capture

pursuit in mid-air-tiny swallow for breakfastyoung Cooper’s hawk hunts Author’s Note: On my morning walk with my dog, I watched a Copper’s hawk snag a bird mid-air! It was quite a sight to see. Carpe Diem: http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2019/01/carpe-diem-1595-hawk-taka.html