Thought Prints

Carpe Diem #1037 pleasure [...] "There is pleasure in the pathless woods,  there is rapture in the lonely shore,  there is society where none intrudes,  by the deep sea, and music in its roar;  I love not Man the less,  but Nature more."  [...] Lord Byron bird calling from the spreading live oak tree come sing with me the rock speaks in a deep, gravelly voice water bubbles back rippling harmonious sound but one of nature's grand tunes listen the angle of geese calling winter languid clouds  sprinkle the earth with joy ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1036 mountain [...] "Over every mountain there is a path,  although it may not be seen from the valley. " [...]  Theodore Roethke the sleepy hills back lite by course urban lights beastly beauty ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1035 the colors of the spirit [...] "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." [...]  Ralph Waldo Emerson delicate beauty tasting the Valerian nectar flash of yellow ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1034 let the rain kiss you [...] "Let the rain kiss you.  Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.  Let the rain sing you a lullaby." [...]  Langston Hughes Day after day the sun beat down on the earth drying the crust like a brick in an oven .. raindrop kisses warm lips caressing her neck hardened heart melts ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1033 the cold night [...] "These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night's arms." [...]  Pedro Calderon de la Barca. 'Sleeping in the cold night's arms' brought to mind a night spent in a tent outside Glacier National Park.  The tent was not made for cold weather.  Nor was it made to withstand a battering of wind.  It was a most unpleasant night for the two not so young campers.  When checking out the KOA store we mentioned our tent.  The clerk's look and response, "oh, you're thooose tent people.  Surprised your tent is still standing" helped us decide on a couple of additional purchases.  The second night was much better. daybreak night's icy breath subsides pansies smile ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1032 pieces of heaven [...] "On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it." [...]  Jules Renard (1864-1910) rainy night walk wet sidewalk glistens toad says hi ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1031 live in the present [...] "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,  concentrate the mind on the present moment." [...]  Buddha with a kiss sunset on mountain peak gilded climax ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1029 Felt With The Heart [...] "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." [...] Hellen Keller Asian lilies bloomed scents rode the evening breeze garden of my heart ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1030 path [...] "Ah…and then there’s the path, always the path, there, to concentrate on.. " [...] Hamish Managua Gunn so brief the unknown path once traveled  ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1028 sadness [...] "Sadness is but a wall between two gardens." [...] Khalil Gibran blooming cactus petals blow across the wall unwanted clutter ©   petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1027 movement [...] "Haiku is the poetry of nature and nature is always in motion. Seasons come and go, the moon changes every 28 days and so on, the only thing which is steady and without clear motion is our sun, that big star of our Milky Way around which the planets are rotating." [...] Chèvrefeuille, your host refreshing rain falls the stale summer air washed clean ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1026 Smile [...] "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is  the beginning of love." [...]  Mother Teresa Mom smiling as she holds her youngest great-grandson, Oct. 2014. My mom was one of those women who always had a joke to share.  When people outside the family comment on my parents they never fail to mention what fun they were.  "Always a smile and so welcoming" was a common comment.  Both parents were what we call here in the southern US cutups. There are lots worse things that could be left as a legacy in this world than to known as a couple of cutups.  Though Oldest and Middle Grandsons never knew my folks, they have the same bright, welcoming smile.  Even in Mom's last few weeks she was still telling jokes to the nurses and doctors. those painted lips curled around  stained teeth ©    petra domina Mom barely smiling.  She had lost the sight in her right eye thre...

Carpe Diem #1025 beauty [..] "Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." [..]   Rumi What do I love?  My husband, son and his girlfriend, the five grandkids, sisters and the list goes on to include other family members.  Then there all the friends from childhood until today. Spending time with these people holds a beauty all its own.  The curl of lips in reaction to a joke.  The twinkle in the eyes when the favorite cinnamon rolls are uncovered.  The ease of just sitting together remembering adventures or having new ones.  New friends developed throughout the world through travel across the www.  But how does one 'do' people? listening familiar footfalls on the porch old swing creaks in time with each tale retold  ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1024 success [...] "Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts.  This is the secret of success." [...] Swami Sivananda jumping cricket chirps hello puppy gives chase ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Special Tribute In Memoriam Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) milk sky the unbearable heaviness of things unspoken before the sandpiper calls to the sea Paloma emerging from the blue depths a familiar voice floats across the swells finding new souls to touch petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on   CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1023 A Sparrow [...] "Last evening I was looking out from my balcony and saw a sparrow perch on a branch. All of a sudden, with a quick jerk, she ruffles her feathers and spreads out her wings – her bodyline on an upward curve, about to take off." [...] Kala Ramesh instantly the skies open up to  thunderous applause ©   petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 7 Jane's last haiku - - - - inspirational post from © Chèvrefeuille - - - - "Maybe you know that a lot of haiku poets wrote their Jisei and Werner shared Jane's last haiku with me through the mail. This was Jane's last haiku, her Jisei: with the moon night too disappears into the ocean © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) Share your memories and your haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form about Jane Reichhold with us all. Please remember Jane in your heart and let her spirit inspire you. morning dew evaporates at sunrise a skylark's song © Chèvrefeuille" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jane Reichhold was a photo, a name and an inspiration.  Unlike many in the group, I neither wrote nor spoke personally with Ms. Reichhold.  Her responses to others questions were read and digested.  Only recently have I begun reading some of her books on haiku.  A legacy of learning and teaching is left be...

Carpe Diem #1022 dreams [...] "I know I am a dreamer … but I belief strongly, that love will conquer all evil … and as Spring is here again than I only can say: Yes love has conquered again!!" [...] Chèvrefeuille Pretty sure that most of the CDHK group are too young to remember Cass Elliot, aka Mama Cass.  The Mamas and the Papas were one of my favorites at a late teen living on my own.  Living in an apartment with another young woman, we would turn the stereo probably entirely too loud.  Then we two roommates would rock out to the various songs spinning off the vinyl Mamas and Papas album. We roomies were young with our lives ahead of us.  We would speak of the dreams for our lives.  Nothing grand, just meeting the right guy or being able to buy a Mustang convertible like Carol's sister had.  Getting better jobs or finishing college.  As fate would have it I opened the apartment door one August night in 1966 and there was The Dream. ...

Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 5 "Ask Jane ..." traffic jam paper floats by bringing news ©   petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem # 1020 rainbow Maya Angelou […]“Try to be   a rainbow in   someone's   cloud.”[…]    Maya Angelou   (1928-2014) The first time I heard any of Ms. Angelou's poetry was at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993.  Ms. Angelou had been raised on and off by her grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas, President Clinton's home state.  It was not just Ms. Angelou's words but, also, her voice as she recited her works that would completely engulf me.  Her work and voice continue to resonate. hummingbird's flight invisible wings give lift in the storm ©   petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 4 Tanka Splendor how fortunate are withered flowers in old age not to feel the pain of a still-young heart © Jane Reichhold spring planting joy farmer dreams of harvest fill depleated stores across abandoned fields his gaping grave awaits ©   petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1019 compassion [...] "Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future." [...] Nelson Mandela And this is Chèvrefeuille's haiku inspired on this quote: swans couple cherish their youngsters bright new day © Chèvrefeuille - - - - - - - - - - - - -  hearts beat rhythm of humanity universal breath ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1018 Temple bell [...] "The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers." [...]  Matsuo Basho cicada songs window screens filter thick summer nights © petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 3 The knowledge of Jane in bleakness behind drawn curtains dove coos from the shade tree fly, fly, fly . . © petra domina Well, that has been rewritten about 15 times.  Words can be changed so it is not solid.  What do you think?  What feeling, vision, taste, etc came to mind as you read the tanka?  I am looking to my Kai to help me improve.  Thanks to each of you.  Sending good thoughts into the universe for sweet Jane who shared so freely. Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1017 true secret of late the words are not round and full of verve they lie on the sheet begging for breath lacking depth or lungs or heart is this a state of mind or just a temporary valley how to regain the passion in the print maybe a matter of just once again observing the world for just typing about a scene does not bring a soul the emotion of the moment needs be be painted into the fabric of the page, letters with bleeding edges edges no longer sharp and distinct but muddled with the glowing layers of beings moving through existence laughing, loving, hating, crying, drinking and eating pulsating with passion and vitality even as we mourn the dying there shall again be two and three dimensions words that pull the reader into the moment into that life ... on the page ...  once again ... © petra domina 2016 in the pond but a murky reflection the old frog  © petra domina 2016 - - - - - - - - - - - [...] "The true secret...

Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 2 Utabukuro Jane Reichhold Inspiration post: "Here is one of my (our host, Chèvrefeuille) favorite haiku written by Jane: raising his foot a crane scatters stars sunk in the pond © Jane Reichhold Cranes The Crane stands for 1000 years or an eternity and I think this is very suitable for this tribute for Jane Reichhold. The Queen of Haiku will be remembered for an eternity ... for ever. And with my (Chèvrefeuille) haiku I love to share my thoughts on that eternity: thousand thoughts a day while writing haiku for the world - the cries of a White Cranes © Chèvrefeuille Jane Reichhold Rest In Peace I will cherish your friendship and love forever. " cranes stand gazing into the night sky endless stars twinkle ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1016 picturing the haiku [...] "One of the most important actions a reader takes is picturing the haiku images in his or her mind." [...] Jane Reichhold mountains rise from the valley's floor eagle flies wingtip stroking the dawning day janice adcock Be the eagle...... Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem Extra August 6th 2016 first tribute Theme Week Jane Reichhold, Losing a person for whom you have great affection and love is challenging for those left here on earth.  When that same person has chosen to take their life it seems to make the pain even greater.  Parents and friends will often experience guilt.  The guilt will be accompanied by self doubts and second guessing of how the relationship was handled. Could one have been more caring?  More attentive?  What could have been done to change what happened? The experience of watching and supporting a mother as she sees her lifeless child is infused in one's mind . . forever.  The blood splatters on the walls of the room where doctors and nurses worked in vain to save the life.  The one foot dangling out from under the sheet as the mother hugs the lifeless remains.  Spending the night calling relatives including the father who is in another state on a business trip. ...

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #109 before the spring equinox; the cold will last only a night or two more              © Yasomura Rotsu mouse runs as monk lifts one last log from the wood pile          ©   petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on  CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI