raindrops

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge weekend-meditation #1 raindrops

Our host, Chevrefeuille has given the following challenge:

The first haiku to use and create a "Squared Tan Renga" with is one by Kobayashi Issa, one of the five greatest haiku poets:

three raindrops
a greeting card from heaven...
midsummer heat

© Issa

And here is the other haiku to create a Squared Tan Renga with:

flying away
following the rainbow
into heaven

© Chèvrefeuille

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three raindropsa greeting card from heaven...
midsummer heat

© Issa

do those three drops quench
the thirsty sun baked earth?

the blue orb
seeks the 
cooling winds

while the lovers
seek only loves dew drops

©  petra domina



flying awayfollowing the rainbow
into heaven

© Chèvrefeuille

children dancing along the way
with feet covered in stardust

stardust
memories
sparkle

in the minds
of the grandparents

©  petra domina

Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on 

CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI


 

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  1. ChèvrefeuilleSeptember 12, 2017 at 10:07 PM

    Two wonderfully crafted Squared Tan renga Janice. Thank you for sharing.

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