Carpe Diem #1804 New Beginnings ... candlelight instantly flaming candles fill the sky a new year instantly warm lips meet melting the cold flaming candles fill the sky smoke fills the air stars obscured a new year corks pop as flutes clink a sea of people © petra domina To anyone who stops by for a read the following was the challenge for today's work: "Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers, Yes ... another episode of our wonderful Kai, because I was late with our Monday episode, "snowdrops". Today I love to challenge you two times. I love to challenge you to create a "fusion-ku" with two given haiku and to create a Troiku with your new "fusion-ku". I have chosen two haiku by Jane Reichhold extracted from her online Saijiki "A Dictionary of Haiku", section New Year. Here are the two haiku to work with: a new year rising from wild seas a few stars filling the glass with candlelight champ
new skin the colour of leaves... lovely thought.
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ReplyDelete...caterpillar??? Love the coloured leaves shed... YAM xx
ah such a beautiful imagery !!!
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DeleteBeautifully crafted tanka Janice. Chapeau!
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DeleteI love the contrast of the 'movement beneath' and 'from above' to convey the 'new skin' of teh coloured leaves. Nice one, Janice!
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