I read a lovely poem of Merril’s which is called a cherita haibun, in turn inspired by Janice’s poem which is in response to the carpe diem prompt on the theme of ‘autumn lamplight.
This is mine.
No lamps on this quiet lane
Only moonlight shows
where meadow ends and road begins.
After dark, hare and pheasant
take the man road home,
easier than long grass and brambles.
Autumn leaves drift
across the lane—hideaways
make in the hedges.
We are having freakish storm weather from the Atlantic, so Chèvrefeuille’s fusion haiku challenge is appropriate.
The two original haiku
coming to sea cliffs
the off-shore breeze raises
a flower fragrance
out of a wave
rainbows of high tide
arching wind
© Jane Reichhold
and my fusion of the two
storm light flickers
ocean ragings beat these fields
sea of crushed flowers
It’s procrastination Monday, so here are a few haiku for Carpe Diem’s revise a haiku spot. The haiku are by Sōen Nakagawa. I have revised them and ended with a haiku tying them both together.
one note of the shakuhachi
resounds endlessly
piercing the winter clouds
© Soen Nakagawa
I hear the pipes
and a hill green and purple
echoes winter sky
disappearing
snow on mountain peak
unfurls a Rainbow
© Soen Nakagawa
winter’s cold breath
a rainbow
in the new sun
piped notes
sadness and arched rainbow
of beauty
Since it’s National Haiku Day, according to twitter, here’s a haiku for Carpe Diem a crossroads haiku, fusion of two haiku to make a third, original one. The two haiku we are given in the prompt are:
the crow has flown away:
swaying in the evening sun,
a leafless tree.
over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
© Soseki Natsume
This is my fusion of the two.
Crow wings bear away
the winter sun
wind gnaws bare boughs.
I’ve often liked poems written for a Carpe Diem prompt but never thought about writing one myself. Reading Janice’s poem this morning, and the new idea of fusing the images from two haiku to make a new poem, I thought I’d have a go.
The original poems are here
Gulls drift,
leaves in the wind—
on my face, salt tears.
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