Tag Archives: mountain

Steeped

Posted on January 29, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Quadrille #72  (posted by Mish)  “steep” “I was thinking about the many versatile words previously offered up for our Quadrille challenges. We’ve crunched it, curled it, boxed it, rocked it, muddled and drizzled it, … Continue reading →

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Alberta

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1558 – Alberta (Canada) . . . imagination without limits clouds change moving along the bright sky I fell in love © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is my attempt: like ocean spume rising from crevice of … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 13, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1364 – Tian Shan Mountains (northern route) “The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh, meaning the Mountains of Heaven or the Heavenly Mountain, is a large system of mountain ranges located in Central Asia. The … Continue reading →

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Rising

Posted on December 28, 2017 by

Written for:  Poetics Aside #420 – Write an elevated poem. rises into sky standing in awe at the foot of Mt. Hood, Oregon  

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Mount Hood Before Me

Posted on July 27, 2017 by

Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics:  Flexing your verbs  (posted by Kim) It has become quite a thing to turn nouns and adjectives into verbs – we’ve all done it here at dVerse. But how about using verbs in … Continue reading →

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‘the flower of a pumpkin’

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #8 The flower of a pumpkin (Tomiyashu Fusei) The flower of a pumpkin as well as Mt. Ishizuchi is great in scale                     … Continue reading →

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Kashiwabara

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1158, Kashiwabara – birthplace of Kobayashi Issa Kobayashi Issa (1763 – 1828) was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the Jōdo Shinshū sect known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 27, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) C.) Fuji No Yama  Mount Fuji No Yama, the holy mountain of Japan  morning breeze coming in the window surf sounds changing forms all around the Buddha clouds in a blue sky clouds … Continue reading →

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“by the mountain spring”

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #104, “by the mountain spring” by Goda Virginija Bendoraitiene by the mountain spring we talk about the same things just in other words                     … Continue reading →

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Along the Way

Posted on December 16, 2015 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #879 On our way to Mogamigawa: summer rains, admirable Credits: Mount Haguro (one of three most sacred shrines of the deep north “I climbed Mount Haguro on the third of June. Through the effort of my … Continue reading →

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