Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, July 31st 2019, clouds
The challenge is create a so called “One-Bun”, it’s a haibun-form created by Jim Kacian and the goal is to create a haibun that has only one line
Traffic Jam
delays our trip to the beach as impatience rises the …
shifting clouds form an angry face -breaking tension
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille January 20th 2016 “revise” that haiku
umi ikete tsuki to mo wabin tomoshikage
arranging the plum-flowers,
I would enjoy them in the light of the lamp,
as if in the moonlight
© Taigi (1709-1771 ?)
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Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, January 13th 2016
Write a haibun inspired on the proverb “time flies if you have fun”. And (of course) I have a few restrictions to it. Here they are:
1. start with a haiku and end with a haiku
2. try to place your haibun (and the haiku) in one of the four seasons, you may choose the season yourself
3. your haibun may have a maximum of 250 words, including the haiku
“Time flies when you are having fun.” My memories take me back to my youth and outdoor play with the neighbors. Summer fun included baseball and badminton, moss pots in the creak, hide and seek and tag, as well as playing in the hose.. Then suddenly I am transported to a different time, that of my own children’s childhood. Playing follow the leader, lawn croquet, reading on the porch swing and taking walks. The summers pass by so quickly. I look in the mirror and see grey hair. Yet summer ever lingers and now it is my grandchildren running across the yard, still playing croquet and catching lightening bugs. As the light fades, I sit on the porch swing listening to the last sounds of summer and the creaking swing.
Heeding Haiku “re-write” a haiku by one of the classic haiku masters.
uru ike ya / kawazu tobi komu / mizu no oto
old pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
yellow roses
jumping frog knocks a petal
into the water
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille September 2nd “Indian Summer”
all hallows eve
the church bells chime –
a gust of warm air
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afternoon walk
shedding winter layers
indian summer
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yesterday’s layer of frost
now a fading memory
on the fringes of flowers
transient reprieve
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille Classical Japanese Garden
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Young geisha delights
Envisions diamonds and pearls
Koi flash and sparkle
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Ripples and shadows
Dance on the waters surface
A monarch pauses
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Brook dances and sings
Shadows soar overhead
Autumn leaf falls
Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille challenged us to write a haiku based on this quote from Confucius
“it does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop”
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I dream
meandering slowly
through the garden
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Luna moth sails by
I grieve – gossamer wings torn
slow path to flight
Created by Emily Romano, the “Essence” consists of two lines of six syllables each. There is an end rhyme (rhyme at the end of the line) and an internal rhyme (rhyme in the middle of the line).
Edvind Earle. Land of the Midnight Sun. WikiArt.
Essence:
Heeding Haiku With HA: Jack Kerouac –Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie
Write a poem inspired by beat poet Jack Kerouac who played an influential role in the promotion of haiku in the West.
for heeding haiku with HA: friendship
What I’ve learned is that friendships don’t have to last long, to leave a lifetime of impression.
sharing laughter
when everything’s going wrong
tears turn to joy
KINDRED PASSION
The attraction subtle,
like cat hair on fresh laundry.
Drawn together;
strangers
with kindred spirits.
Sharing briefly
a passion for poetry.
Leaving
a lifetime impression.
1996
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