Bamboo

May 23, 2017 by adaspoetryalcove ♥ 3 Comments

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #13 bamboo (Jane Reichhold)

bamboo
waving candlelight into the night
wind

temple bells ring
one last time

An Autumn Leaf

May 17, 2017 by adaspoetryalcove ♥ 3 Comments

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #10 an autumn leaf (Ryokan Taigu)

ura wo mise omote wo misete chiru momiji

now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf

silent concert for viewer
melody resides within

Tan Renga Challenges

May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 by adaspoetryalcove ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

two sets of footprints
in freshly fallen snow
one pair from Kyoto

the other from Osaka
did their owner’s pause to greet?

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Ishizuchi mo nankin no hana mo ooi nari

The flower of a pumpkin
as well as Mt. Ishizuchi
is great in scale

the moonflower
swallows the harvest moon

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The “hokku” of today is by me, so it is a tanka., not a Tan Renga

autumn evening
like whispered prayers
leaves float away
in the silence left behind
a hint of fresh hope

Day 29 & 30 Summer Retreat Unconditional Love

May 15, 2017May 16, 2017 by adaspoetryalcove ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional love

Day 29

song of the bluebird
peppers our morning breakfast
with sweet notes

Day 30

walk in the moonlight
after twenty years
we still hold hands

Day 28 Summer Retreat Unconditional Love

May 14, 2017 by adaspoetryalcove ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional love

a mother robin
repeatedly brings food
to her loud juvenile

responding to cries
of a loud juvenile
a mother robin
devotedly seeks worms
to satisfy his demands

Day 27 Summer Retreat Unconditional Love

May 13, 2017May 13, 2017 by adaspoetryalcove ♥ 2 Comments

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional love

Cannot decide which poem version I like better. Or maybe i need a combination of the two. Any suggestions. Thanks

Ada's Poetry Alcove (2)

Poetry and Haiku – Looking to make the ordinary more than mundane.

Bamboo

bamboo
waving candlelight into the night
wind

temple bells ring
one last time

An Autumn Leaf

now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf

silent concert for viewer
melody resides within

Tan Renga Challenges

two sets of footprints
in freshly fallen snow
one pair from Kyoto

the other from Osaka
did their owner’s pause to greet?

The flower of a pumpkin
as well as Mt. Ishizuchi
is great in scale

the moonflower
swallows the harvest moon

autumn evening
like whispered prayers
leaves float away
in the silence left behind
a hint of fresh hope

Day 29 & 30 Summer Retreat Unconditional Love

song of the bluebird
peppers our morning breakfast
with sweet notes

walk in the moonlight
after twenty years
we still hold hands

Day 28 Summer Retreat Unconditional Love

a mother robin
repeatedly brings food
to her loud juvenile

responding to cries
of a loud juvenile
a mother robin
devotedly seeks worms
to satisfy his demands

Day 27 Summer Retreat Unconditional Love

with each cloudburst
my spirit dampens
you hold my hand

~~~

rainy day
each cloudburst darkening my soul
still you stand by me

Day 26 Summer Retreat Unconditional Love

roses bow
kissing the memorial bench
in the garden

bamboo waving candlelight into the night wind

temple bells ring one last time

now it reveals its hidden side and now the other—thus it falls, an autumn leaf

silent concert for viewer melody resides within

two sets of footprints in freshly fallen snow one pair from Kyoto

the other from Osaka did their owner’s pause to greet?

The flower of a pumpkin as well as Mt. Ishizuchi is great in scale

the moonflower swallows the harvest moon

autumn evening like whispered prayers leaves float away in the silence left behind a hint of fresh hope

song of the bluebird peppers our morning breakfast with sweet notes

walk in the moonlight after twenty years we still hold hands

a mother robin repeatedly brings food to her loud juvenile

responding to cries of a loud juvenile a mother robin devotedly seeks worms to satisfy his demands

with each cloudburst my spirit dampens you hold my hand

~~~

rainy day each cloudburst darkening my soul still you stand by me

roses bow kissing the memorial bench in the garden

bamboo
waving candlelight into the night
wind

temple bells ring
one last time

now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf

silent concert for viewer
melody resides within

two sets of footprints
in freshly fallen snow
one pair from Kyoto

the other from Osaka
did their owner’s pause to greet?

The flower of a pumpkin
as well as Mt. Ishizuchi
is great in scale

the moonflower
swallows the harvest moon

autumn evening
like whispered prayers
leaves float away
in the silence left behind
a hint of fresh hope

song of the bluebird
peppers our morning breakfast
with sweet notes

walk in the moonlight
after twenty years
we still hold hands

a mother robin
repeatedly brings food
to her loud juvenile

responding to cries
of a loud juvenile
a mother robin
devotedly seeks worms
to satisfy his demands

with each cloudburst
my spirit dampens
you hold my hand

rainy day
each cloudburst darkening my soul
still you stand by me

roses bow
kissing the memorial bench
in the garden