full circle

Carpe Diem Full Circle #1-2016


deep rainbow colors
announcing autumn flight
seagulls fill the sky

cranes arrive for winter warmth
 cherry blossoms bid goodbye

love's own call
above sunflower fields
fills the blue sky

rainbow clouds
on butterfly wings
nectar drips

as once more the old men sing,
laugh and clink their mugs of beer

©  petra domina

The challenge was to use the following words in order in a haiku or tanka....  how about a tan renga?
1. rainbow
2. autumn
3. seagull
4. crane
5. cherry blossom
6. love
7. sunflower
8. blue sky
9. clouds
10. butterfly
11. nectar
12. beer

Give it a try and link up with the others at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.  Or just go and read for the fun of it!
Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on 

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Comments

  1. Yamini MacLeanOctober 11, 2016 at 2:39 AM

    Hari OM
    My that's an interesting challenge - well met! YAM xx

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  2. bailiOctober 11, 2016 at 3:33 AM

    Delightfully done challenge. Enjyed poetic version

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  3. Pat ROctober 11, 2016 at 10:51 PM

    I love the idea of the taka mix. Very nicely done:)

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  4. Pat ROctober 11, 2016 at 10:51 PM

    I love the idea of the taka mix. Very nicely done:)

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  5. ChèvrefeuilleOctober 12, 2016 at 2:05 PM

    I like this idea of Tan Renga full circle. Nicely done.

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  6. JaniceOctober 12, 2016 at 2:35 PM

    Just realized it is not exactly the tan renga format. On, well! At least it was fun!

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