spring riddles


Chèvrefeuille's prompt post:
["Dear haijin, visitors and travelers,

First this as I was starting to create this episode and looked back in my first concept of the promptlist I saw that I mistyped in the definitive prompt-list, because the prompt wasn't "riddles", but had to be "puddles" ... so my excuses for that. In this episode I will however use both prompts. ....

A fallen blossom
returning to the bough, I thought --
But no, a butterfly. 

© Arakida Moritake (1473-1549) (Tr. Steven D. Carter)

It's very obvious where the "riddle" is in this one. ....... Here is an example of this "riddle" in a haiku by Jane:
where do they go?
these flowers on a path
by summer's passing

© Jane Reichhold
Here are three nice haiku created by Jane for this modern kigo to inspire you:

dried up
puddles covered with pollen
moiré shapes of shores

in puddles
the pattern of raindrops
dyes the hills green

spring sky
snow-melt puddles filling
to the brim
© Jane Reichhold

I couldn't come up with a new haiku so I dived into my archives and found the following haiku to go with this prompt:
broken sunflower
torn apart through a rain storm -
puddles on the path

© Chèvrefeuille"]

Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on 

CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI


captured!
on the surface of the puddle
reflections

©  petra domina

Comments

  1. Yamini MacLeanSeptember 9, 2016 at 8:40 PM

    Hari OM
    ... and beautifully captured in image and words! YAM xx

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    1. JaniceSeptember 10, 2016 at 3:53 PM

      Thank you, YAM. I had takey my camera along on one of my late afternoon walks following a cooling rain. The words tumbles around for month or so before the muse put the puzzle together. janice xx

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  2. Pat RSeptember 11, 2016 at 11:38 AM

    Ah, yes, a beauty.

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  3. Pat RSeptember 11, 2016 at 11:39 AM

    Ah, yes, a beauty.

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  4. TournesolSeptember 20, 2016 at 3:26 PM

    I'm so enjoying your haiga, Janice...with your beautiful photos, I am glad you are writing more.

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