Krisjaan Panneman – penned in moon dust

So many shells so little time #haiku #tanrenga

Common-hermit-crab-on-sandy-beach

The goal of this Tan Renga Challenge is to complete the Tan Renga (short -chained poem) started with the haiku. To complete the Tan Renga you have to write the second stanza (7-7) by inspiration of the first stanza (the haiku; 5-7-5):

life from the sea
shipwrecked on the sand
so many shells

(Cathy Tenzo)

life from the sea
shipwrecked on the sand
so many shells

carefully carried away

by local inhabitants

A fun challenge encouraged by Kristjaan Panneman at Carpe Diem

Photography: The image of the hermit crab was shot by Emmanuel Lattes image permission by Arkive.Org

Refreshed #poetry #haiku

sweat lodge –
my only vision
is of the cool water

~ Garry Gay of the American Haiku Society

cross-country run

refreshment our reward’s goal

melted winter flows

Today’s Special at Carpe Diem is in the spirit of contemporary haiku by Garry Gay

Sea Foam #haiku #photography #poetry

celebrating the first day of September and mourning summer’s end

I hope you feel the cool sea-foam lapping about your ankles as summer recedes with the tide.

This haiku in response to Carpe Diem’s New Coolness prompt