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#Haiku: Old and New Cherry Blossom
even an old man
has New Year’s eyes…
cherry blossoms
© Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue)
old man, young spirit
eyes sparkling with New Year’s hope-
cherry blossoms heart
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Weekend Meditation #85: Photo shopping Haiku Cherry Blossom
Author’s Note: For this weekend’s meditation we have another episode of the new feature: ‘Photo-Shopping Haiku’. The challenge is to make a little change to a given haiku to make it a ‘better version of itself’.
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Promote Yourself Monday, May 20th, 2019
Good Morning All! It’s Promote Yourself Monday at the Go Dog Go Cafe. Pop over to the site, share your latest and read some of the other contributions submitted by talented writers. Have a wonderful week- Linda
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe readers, guest writers, and baristas are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from your blog into the comments section below.
If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to.
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Nothing to Eat
Each morning the feeders are empty
and the wild birds are chattering on
while they are waiting, watching, wondering,
where in the hell has she gone?
Still they sing high in the treetops
their calls trill with joyous wild abandon
Calling to one another, their sisters and brothers
with mellifluous songs sung at random
They don’t know that hate and war exists,
or the craziness of today’s unbelievable news
all they care about is they have no seed, nothing to eat
And for them it’s the end of their perfect world.
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Imaginary Garden with real Toads: Weekend Mini Challenge- Oh, the (Poetic) Irony!
Magaly has asked us to choose 1 or all three of satire rich cartoons from
The New Yorker to inspire us to write a poem. Here is the one I chose:
if you want to join us.”
Also Linking to: Poets United Poetry Pantry #480
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#Tan Renga: Where I Began
another year is gone
a traveler’s shade on my head,
straw sandals at my feet
© Basho
following wandering winds
back to the place I began
©2019 Linda Lee Lyberg
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Tan Renga Challenge #1665
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#Tan Renga: Dangling Prayer Beads
prayer beads dangling
a harvest moon prayer…
mountain home
© Kobayashi Issa
fragrant night blooming jasmine
perfumed stars in the moonlight
©2019 Linda Lee Lyberg
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: #1666 Tan Renga Challenge
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That Which Fades From Sight
Is it black or white
that which fades from sight
Between
what is wrong or right
cloaked in graphite night
Unseen
but in crystal light
tempting with delight
Enraged lovers fight
run away in spite
a scream
when passion holds tight
overtakes with might
extreme
that which fades from sight
Is it black or white
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
dVerse Poets Pub: More Lai and Lai Nouveau and OLN
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Evening Dreams
A bottle of red wine shared in the evening
while sitting in our garden of Eden,
nibbling on tiny morsels of pungent cheese
as we murmur our hopes and dreams
sharing with each other in the sultry breeze
The air is heavy with the scent of herbs,
rosemary, thyme, oregano and mint
the lavender is blooming, weaving a hint
of its fragrant essence with the damp earth
while the roses are wilting and fading
with the coming of summer’s heat
The birds are singing from high in the mesquite
bright orange- red sun is sinking low and though
the obsidian night is coming, I want to savor peace
cherishing these tender moments, with eyes closed
creating watercolor memories for when we are old
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
Poets United Midweek Motif: Picnic
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: Let’s have a Picnic Y’all!
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