Tag Archives: fusion haiku

Posted on March 1, 2020 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #117 the cold night “This weekend I will give you a nice “fusion-ku” challenge, or “crossroads”. That nice special feature in which I ask you to create a “fusion-ku” from two given haiku. Your … Continue reading →

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winter trees

Posted on December 6, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1789 – The Winter Trees (Crossroads) The task is to create a “fusion-ku” from the two given haiku and create a Troiku with it, so this episode is a “Crossroads” episode. Here are the two haiku … Continue reading →

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gold-filled meadow

Posted on September 1, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #99 – Crossroads of Summer Welcome at a new episode of our weekend meditation feature. This weekend I love to challnege you to create a Troiku with a haiku distilled from two given haiku … Continue reading →

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flower names

Posted on August 16, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #97 – Depth of a Flower (CD Crossroads) “This weekend I love to challenge you with a Crossroads episode. A Crossroads episode challenges you to create a “fusion”-haiku from two given haiku and create … Continue reading →

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“shadow”

Posted on July 29, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1709 – Shadow (Crossroads-Troiku). Create a “fusion-haiku”, and a troiku from that. “Here are the two haiku to work with: blue autumn skies folded into mountains purple shadow © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) such a hot day … Continue reading →

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enjoyment

Posted on July 24, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1705 enjoyment . . . a modern summer kigo “Today I have a nice challenge for you. I will give you two haiku themed “enjoyment”. You have to use the both haiku to create a new … Continue reading →

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Buson’s Memorial Day

Posted on January 24, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1587 Buson’s Memorial Day (busonki) (January 17th) “Today it’s January 17th and that is Buson’s Memorial Day (or busonki) and it’s also a classical kigo for winter. So according to the meaning of this day … … Continue reading →

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Troiku Hineri (troiku with twist)

Posted on January 19, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #67 Troiku Hineri: Apple Blossoms I will give you four haiku to work with. You may decide which haiku you want to use to create a “fusion-ku” with. Of course the “crossroads-idea” is not … Continue reading →

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San Diego

Posted on December 20, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1565 – Pacific Beach . . . San Diego “So today I have a nice “crossroads” feature. As you all know the goal of “crossroads” is to create a “fusion ku”. I have chosen a few … Continue reading →

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hidden

Posted on November 7, 2018 by purplepeninportland

Written for: Carpe Diem #1534 Yaha … one of Basho’s ten greatest disciples (crossroads) “As you all know I see Basho as my sensei, my master, but in his life (1644-1694) Basho had several disciples. Some sources say more than 1000 … Continue reading →