Carpe Diem #1213 change of clothes
Carpe Diem Theme Week “The Songs of Milarepa”(2) “flying clouds”
cumulus clouds drift
imagination spurred
summer afternoon
my mind navigates changes
replaying past images
Time Travel- Tale of the Genji
Carpe Diem Time Travel #2 The Tale of Genji
The Tale of the Gengi -by Murasaki Shikibu
where the cicada casts her shell
in the shadows of the tree,
there is one whom I love well
though her heart is cold to me
(the “answer”):
amidst dark shadows of the tree,
cicada’s wing with dew is wet,
so in mine eyes unknown to thee,
spring sweet tears of fond regret
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all the loneliness
of your early departure
spills into the night
moonflower’s beauty fading
light penetrating shadows
hidden in the bark
a clinging cicada shell
filled with nothingness
my shrouded heart still hugging
fragrance of our last embrace
The Songs of Milarepa – introduction
The Songs of Milarepa – introduction
across the vast plains
my soul soars with the vultures
seeking fulfillment
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deep breath of night air
with closed eyes I see the sounds
intoxicating
Wind in the Pines
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #17 wind in the pines (Candy)
wind in the pines
swirls upward to heaven
whispered prayers © Candy
mingled with scents of Autumn
interlaced with hopes and dreams © Dolores
A Drop of Dew
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #16 a drop of dew (Bosha)
a drop of dew
sits on a rock
like a diamond
© Kawabata Bosha
pearlized drops cling tentatively
to a swaying spiderweb
©Dolores
Ancient Road
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #15 ancient road (Adjei Agyei Baah)
ancient road…
the trails of the masters
absorbed in fallen leaves
© Adjei Agyei-Baah
words on yellowing paper
in hands of young followers
© Dolores
