Thought Prints

Carpe Diem #1107 Symphony No. 1 by Giovanni Sgambati a story marching across the lines birds on wires ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2016 #7 Twas The Night Before Christmas All it took was the title for me to be transported to another time and place.  A time when I was maybe 11 and the place was a small country school.  It was Christmastime so that meant a Christmas program.  Not sure why but Mrs. Bourland selected me to memorize the poem featured in today's challenge.  I am not able to recall all the stanzas but a few still come to mind.... innocence searching the skies the guiding star twinkles a message  of love and peace ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1096 The Great Wall of China by Einar Englund, With all the talk about building a wall along the borders of the US I must laugh.  The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, and all the old walled cities of Europe..... looming  in the distance the wall butterflies on tour winging over broken stones ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1095 Six Japanese Gardens by Kaija Saariaho dimly lit street gardens sounds and smells spilling over walls the old lovers holding hands on their treasured evening walk ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1094 Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano Op. 17 Allegro Moderato by Clara Schumann flurries in the windstorm last leaves of fall joining in a dance with the first snowfall ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1093 Concertino pour harpe et piano by Germaine Tailleferre scurrying plovers waves lapping the shoreline plucking at strings ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem's Tanka Kukai One "winter love" symmetry in the chrystal formation perfection a single snowflake kisses your lips ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1089 Divertimento in D minor, Op. 3, no. 3 by Anna Bon di Venezia airy movements of the silken sheers dragonfly wings in languid summer flight ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1090 Harpsichord Concerto 1st Movement by Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini shimmering strings adorning the modest room gilding each note ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Universal Jane #8 gathering clouds gathering clouds snowflakes or raindrops wintry tease ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1088 Conquest Of Paradise by Vangelis on the horizon a beach beckons the ship's crew the gentle virgin in innocence and curiosity welcomes the rapist ©    petra domina On Dec. 4 it was announced that the Army Corp of Engineers are halting construction at the particular location being protested by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.  The halt is for further environmental impact studies.  As the President Elect holds shares in the pipeline company I personally have serious doubts there will actually be a change to the location.  Because money and the promise of riches is so seductive.  Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1087 String Symphony No. 4 in C minor by Mendelssohn strings rejoice in reverence draw near the dancers leap ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Special #221 Candy's Showcase first " promise in red clouds " aerial dancers along edge of red clouds hawks in flight ©    petra domina Please, take time to visit the Carpe Diem connection for this special prompt.  Candy of rhymeswithbug. com , one of the group's fine poets, is being honored. Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1086 Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky the bed covered in rose petals stands awaiting lovers' waltz ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1085 The Kiss (Philip Glass)   fingertips tracing the ivory skin of a hip tasting your love on moistened lips ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1084 Serenade (Schubert) Families gather round a table ladened with food.  A table that has passed through generations.  From a grandmother none of those present knew due to the 1918 pandemic.  We each one carry a bit of that grandmother's dna in our faces, bodies or smiles.  While Grandma Annie was never known, her oak table provides the place to spread a feast of love. caressed strings within the sounds a living heart ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1083 Air (Bach) It is the time of year to change out the flowers on my parents' grave.  The cemetery is one of those perpetual care places.  Mom bought the plots, four at the time, in the 1960's.  Sissy and I were still kids at home so there needed to be four graves .... just in case.  Years later Mom gave two of the graves to my uncle in exchange for a car.  Now instead of my younger sister or I being there next to them, it is our first cousin.  A handsome man in his late 60's that died from complications of ALS.  There were no flowers on his grave... autumn evening air hangs heavily above the graves ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1082 Raindrops (Chopin) one plus one imbuing harmony hammers drop - ping ©    petra domina   T hanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #30 pilgrimage the beginning one sole strikes the cobblestone then the next a path to be walked alone within one's own soul ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #29 autumn's voice whispering across the open plains a last goodbye in the tumbling, swirling layers of colorful leaves ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #28 Teika's Tenth Tanka Writing Technique "Demon-quelling" (prompt: autumn departs) gusty wind pulling at the last leaf a gargoyle hand casts a shadow  on the fallen leaves ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #19 Teika's 7th Tanka Writing Technique "clever treatment" (prompt: fragile beauty) wind blasts through the fallen leaves once more raked into perfect piles now crowned with curls of smoke ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #18 depression sinking beneath the covers your love grasps my heart and pulls me from the darkness ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #17 loneliness reading  the same line  again and again in disbelief tears flow ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off - find the silence breathing switches turned off . . . silence as peace  fills the room ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #16 Teika's Sixth Tanka Writing Technique "visual description" (prompt: waterfall) amid the roar the rusty barge sits in silence reflecting as ancient waters caress the crest of the falls ©    petra domina Niaigra Falls, Canada, 2005 Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #15 bush clover bush clover stretches its petals to kiss  the waiting warmth of her lovers lips ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Special Japanese Poetry In The Lowlands #3 Ria Giskes "six swans" (tanka) six swans in the middle of a carpet feathers - around the barber chair my white tufts of hair © Ria Giske (Tr. Chèvrefeuille) preening at the river's edge swan dancers moving to the rhythm  of the final score ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Universal Jane #7 Basho (the translations) shivering last of the garden roses covered in frost stroking her back beneath the moon ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI