carpediem – penned in moon dust

Two Ends of Life #death #birth #haiku #photography

awaiting birth

light shifts on forest floor

silent together

hands held through the night

his last breath

The prompt at Carpe Diem today is “Oneness.” I have just witnessed a wonderful oneness at the edge of death.

What thoughts or images does the word inspire in you?

Contemplating Selflessness #haiku #photography

emerging

she who risks her life

seeking life in the snow

mother’s warmth

warm your arms

serving with no complaint

broken, impatient

Each of us have been recipients of the selfless care of others. As I face surgery on Wednesday and more weeks of recovery from my accident, I am grateful to family and friends who are taking care of all the details in my life.

And thanks to Kristjaan for the haiku journey toward Selflessness

Dipping Into the Unknown #haiku #photography #eyesofachild

dipping in unknown

my fingers long to feel

what my heart longs for

galaxy and more away

beauty of beyond

one can only imagine

dipping in the unknown

Have you ever had a longing for something you cannpt quite grasp or understand? Carpe Diem has a great prompt today “Longing for the Unknown”

Summer Rain Drops #haiku #photography

Shield me from the rain

winds try to tear me from you

soft green sanctuary

Soft green sanctuary

broad green leaf hold fast the rain

waiting for the sun

This post in celebration of the mid-summer rain known as Samidare inspired by Kristjaan at Carpe Diem

photography “Leaf Drops” copyright. L. Moon 2013

nature’s Inspiration #haiku #nature #photography

This haiku inspired by Kikusha-Ni, (this means ‘Hut of the Chrysanthemums’) and her haiku about the Tea Bowl:

tenmoku ni koharu no kumo no ugoki kana

in the teabowl
this motion of the clouds
of ‘Little Spring’

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tea bowl of my world

watery dance with nature

shaking water drops

Today’s prompt at Carpe Diem is the Tea Bowl inspired by Kikusha-Ni

Shincha Kiss #tea #haiku #photography

sipping my shincha

pause in the garden of thought

steeping in our kiss

Today’s prompt at Carpe Diem is Shincha or New Tea. Enjoy the fragrant words of the haiku

Photograph: Bird Bath copyright L. Moon 2011

Looking Back #haiku #photography #art

Today’s welcome inspiration –> Kyoshi Takahama and shutting my eyes

me tsumureba wakaki ware ari haru no yoi

shutting my eyes
I find a young me found
in the Spring evening

Look through time’s window

she pours over Tolstoy

hearing him not me

Silent I follow

quiet footprints mark my path

traversing life’s way

Thanks to Kristjaan who inspires wonderful haiku. Today is no except. Please go over to his site Chevresfeuilles Carpe Diem and see what I mean

Photographs: “Reading Tolstoy” and “Sandy Path” both these works are copyrighted by the artist (Clare 1981) and the photographer.

Use by permission only L. Moon 2013

Love Beneath the Moon #haiku #moon

I fell deep in love

by the shore beneath moon light

a warmth that glowed

Emanating glow

invisible arms did enfold

Our kindled hearts

A fire was lit

the moon smiled in approval

a dance beyond time

Can’t deny that the theme for Friday the Moon is my favorite 🙂 Thanks to Kristjaan for the tireless work he has done in researching each Tarot card. Today ladies and gents we have the Moon!

Photography: The Moon shot is from the Hubble kindly provided by ESA

Choc O Lot #haiku #chocolate

Creamy you flow

a vat of swirling brown gold

mouth longs for a taste

Mouth longs for a taste

buttery creamy just one lick

one never enough

gaze into your chocolate eyes

meet every morning

Thanks to Carpe Diem for the chocolate inspiration in haiku

somewhere in my archives I have a picture of a vat of Ghirardelli’s chocolate from the factory in San Francisco where everything we make turns to gold.

Thanks to One Golden Ticket for the photo of the chocolate