Thought Prints

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Wednesday #11 family tombstone Five years ago this very morning my mother died.  I had spent the night with her at the new nursing home we had just moved her to the previous day.  She was not happy.  Due to loss of eyesight in one eye, falling and breaking a wrist in less than 5 weeks she developed delirium.  She was still enough of herself that as we were getting her ready for bed she made one statement.  "I am gonna get up and walk right out of this place by morning."  Around 7 AM I left to get a cup of coffee and stretch my legs.  When I returned her life force was gone.  adding father’s name to the family tombstone with room for my own © Nicholas Virgilio saints gather to greet arrivals she ran to Dad's arms © petra domina

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...

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Wednesday #10 such a cold night kazuki fusu futon ya samuki yo ya sugoki lying down with quilts over the head such a cold night © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) curled into his warming hold memories of young love unfold © petra domina

Carpe Diem #1799 New Beginnings ... a huge wave (Crossroads feature) "Today I have chosen two haiku written by her ( Jane Reichhold)  and I love to challenge you to create a "fusion-ku" and with that "fusion-ku" a Troiku ... (more on Troiku above in the menu). Here are the two haiku by Jane to work with: a huge wave thundering across the beach my birthday sky-clad the new-born comes wrapped in previous lives © Jane Reichhold (extracted from the online Saijiki "A Dictionary Of Haiku", section "New Year")" pain filled wave the future is now crowned as grandma smiles pain filled wave engulfing all who stand near just breathe the future is now crowned in the pink, chubby fist mom's finger as grandma smiles dreaming of future adventures seeing the past in that face © petra domina As I read the challenge and the two haiku I thought of my husband's birth.  He is in his 80th year.  ...

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Wednesday (9) I ate a persimmon Today's challenge is to take a haiku, add two lines of 7 syllables each to make a Tan Renga. When I ate a persimmon The bell rung The Horyuji temple © Shiki O bāchan gathers the fruits Cookies for tomorrow's tea © petra domina Hope you will stop by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai to join in the fun of all forms of Japanese poetry.

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Wednesday (8) New Year's Morning New Year's morning the first day begins in the same dream © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) awakened to reality by rockets red glare © petra domina Enjoy haiku or other forms of Japanese poetry?  Would you like to learn more about the art of haiku?  Maybe you just want to read some nice poetry.  Come on over the Carpe Diem Haiku Kai .

Carpe Diem #1793 New Beginnings ... first day of spring Living in Central Texas our winters are very mild.  Sure we have a few days below the freezing point but most days are warm or warmish.  Today on the 6th day of January we stopped for frozen custard. Customers were in their shorts playing corn hole.  It surely felt of spring. custard melts kites filling the blue sky this first day of spring sticky little fingers  point to the swallows above © petra domina Learn about the art of Japanese poetry or just enjoy the work of these participants on   Carpe Diem Haiku Kai .

Tan Renga Wednesday (5) White Crane Today's challenge from our host at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is to use the following: "The haiku I (Chèvrefeuille our host) have chosen written by Kikaku is one of his most beautiful haiku in my opinion. He wrote it to comfort Basho in his last days of his life:" how I wish to call a white crane from Fukei, but for this cold rain. © Kikaku yet here is one white quill write away death's dark hold © petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for his consistent faith in us poets.

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday (4) crystal dewdrops (hineri / with a twist) distant lightning reflect on storm clouds rainy night delight                             (petra domina) pink morning glory in full bloom covered with crystal dewdrops                         © Chèvrefeuille If you enjoy haiku and other forms of Japanese poetry be sure to visit: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Carpe Diem #1666 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (13) dangling prayer beads prayer beads dangling a harvest moon prayer... mountain home                           © Kobayashi Issa evening mist drifts slowly behind those silent wings        © petra domina

Carpe Diem #1665 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (12) "special" Basho "Miscanthus bud" Each season has that special something.  Spring brings such beauty and welcome relief from the cold. Summer seems to be a time for water fun, vacation and no school.  Fall brings color, harvest and relief of extreme heat.  Winter seems to bring lots of celebrations and of course cold and the chance of snow.  now then, let's go out to enjoy the snow ... until I slip and fall!                                      © Basho making the best of it snow angels fun                            ©  petra domina

Carpe Diem #1662 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (9) Watching a Snail I bow to my master Matsuo Basho told me the way to watch a snail © Chèvrefeuille learning from Honeysuckle gentle ways of haiku © petra domina

Carpe Diem #1661 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (8) Beginning of Autumn Here is the haiku to work with: cricket silence between scraping sounds autumn begins © Jane Reichhold And now it is up to you to create the second stanza of this Tan Renga. cricket silence between scraping sounds autumn begins © Jane Reichhold leaves thirst as sap recedes yellow, red and orange remain ©   petra domina

Carpe Diem #1660 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (7) Wisteria Here is the haiku by Buson to work with: In the moonlight, The color and scent of the wisteria Seems far away. © Yosa Buson the core of nature's love lost in the distant past ©   petra domina The backyard I left in Missouri complete with blooming wisteria.

Carpe Diem #1659 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (6) chestnut Here is the haiku to work with: autumn moonlight-- a worm digs silently into the chestnut. © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) beneath the fireworks hardwood trembling in the night © petra domina 

Carpe Diem #1658 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (5) Wintry gusts Add to the 3 line haiku to make a tan renga. kogarashi ya mezashi ni nokoru umi-no iro Wintry gusts: on the sardine still lingers the ocean's color. © Akutagawa Ryunosuke a.k.a. Gaki (Tr.: Ueda) flashes of light twinkling like stars in the briny deep ©  petra domina   Just click on the title at the top of the post to visit  Chèvrefeuille's blog.

Carpe Diem #1657 Tan Renga Challenge May 2019 (4) Ocean Sanctuary sunday morning  all the waves in white kneeling on the beach © Jane Reichhold (Taken from "Ocean Sanctuary" an anthology of haiku inspired on the North Coast of California) The challenge is to add two lines to this haiku. sunday morning all the waves in white kneeling on the beach                                     © Jane Reichhold without loosing their virginity monks bow in front of Mother   Mary             © Chèvrefeuille My take on this: sunday morning all the waves in white kneeling on the beach                                     © Jane Reichhold black and white stilts act as priests   incense smells of sea mist          ...

Carpe Diem #1480 Sound Of Wind gusty wind whispers an empty promise of rain ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI  

Carpe Diem #1347 Theme Week ep.1 The First Voyage of Sindbad adrift saved by chance fortune of grace  ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI  

Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #15 Soliloquy no Renga "the dust of stars" silence the dust of stars shining radiance © Jane Reichhold filling the corners  of the empty chapel like the desert the emptiness rings in no ears till the single mouse comes seeking a home moonlight creeping quietly across ancient dust grains of sand pouring almost silent through an hourglass owl takes flight swooping between trees leaves flutter with silent wings the predator listens ill intent? mis-steps of the mind? words blathered wisdom searches  for a worthy ally a sound in the light of stars shining tiny feet scamping covered in stardust ©    petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI