Like a cherry blossom
you fluttered on my cheek
with a waft of fragrance
the smell of pink
you lingered for a day
perhaps it was two
tried to catch up
with the poem and you
you vanished with the sunset
you flickered out of sight
no sign of the poet
you had taken flight
Reflecting on a dear talented poet Jackie Dick who passed several years ago. We met in the blogsphere and I am glad we had a cherry blossom moment. This poem is dedicated to her and other poets who have taken flight.
Inspired by Basho:
since the cherry blossoms
I’ve waited three months to see
the twin-trunk pine
memories spill over
cherry blossoms line the path
counting the days
*
cherry daydreams
soft pink decorates the sky
never sated
Photography: Moondust Designs 2015
This episode of Carpe Diem Haiku “Since Cherry Blossoms” is a reminder that they will return.
Lost in the snow
cherry petal path
dreams of home
Hatsuyume is the Japanese word for the first dream had in the new year and that is our prompt at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai “First Dream”
Our host Kristjaan at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai enjoys to challenge us as we write haiku – “It’s my pleasure to present a new episode of our Haiku Writing Techniques. This time it’s all about “comparison”. Here is what I found about “comparison” in Jane Reichhold’s “Bare Bones, school of haiku”:
In the words of Betty Drevniok: “In haiku the SOMETHING and the SOMETHING ELSE are set down together in clearly stated images. Together they complete and fulfill each other as ONE PARTICULAR EVENT.” She rather leaves the reader to understand that the idea of comparison is showing how two different things are similar or share similar aspects.”
a spring nap
downstream cherry trees
in bud
cherry blossom path
hidden by the snow
sun’s memory
sun kissed
cherry blooms beneath my feet
spring hopes
Now that they end
There is no flower that can compare
With cherry blossoms
© Iio Sogi
Reaching toward spring
touching peaceful waters
cherry blossom smiles
The Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompt for today is the beautiful work (above) by Sogi.
As the seasons turn
we await beauty’s face
open to the sun
jubilant welcome
*
we close the door
release winter’s icy cling
let us celebrate
the warmth of spring
This week at Poet’s United the prompt is Happy Birthday (to something or someone) . Tomorrow, I celebrate the birth of spring and the removal of my cast!
You lean too far
you drop
nuances
into my hands
like cherry blossoms
too heavy for the bough
you are not strong enough
at least not for now
****
Graceful you reach toward the sky
in an upward spiral you grow
touching the clouds upward so high
graceful you reach toward the sky
touching the clouds upward so high
one weakness you have that we know
gracefully you reach toward the sky
in an upward spiral you grow
The Leaning Tower of Pisa – a campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt to one side. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa’s Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) after the Cathedral and the Baptistry. The tower’s tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure’s weight. The tilt increased in the decades before the structure was completed, and gradually increased until the structure was stabilized (and the tilt partially corrected) by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. took 20 years to build because of war.
Its the time of the year to breathe in the beauty of the cherry blossom. There are many activities to enjoy at the cherry blossom festival in Washington DC.
thanks for the photograph by Robbie Hayton of the Leaning Tower in Pisa
and to Crimson Corvus for the Cherry Blossom photograph
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