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Written for: Carpe Diem #1682 Troiku month (11) The Wind Of Fuji “For this first regular episode of this new week I have chosen a haiku by my master, Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) and maybe you know it, because I think … Continue reading
Over The Mountain
Written for: Poetic Asides 2019 April PAD Challenge – Day 27 “For today’s prompt, pick a direction, make that the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. There are so many directions: north, south, up, down, left, right, … Continue reading
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Steeped
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
Alberta
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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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
Rising
Written for: Poetics Aside #420 – Write an elevated poem. rises into sky standing in awe at the foot of Mt. Hood, Oregon
Mount Hood Before Me
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
‘the flower of a pumpkin’
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
Kashiwabara
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
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