Tag Archives: Sounds

voice like merry bells

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #86 – “voice like merry bells words left his mouth tinkling like merry bells joy resounds when she speaks like merry bells singing mellifluous voice bells of merry making rang from the tower’s voice sprinkling silver … Continue reading →

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in the meadow

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Crossroads #13 – Chilly Coolness “Welcome at a new episode of our CDHK feature “Crossroads”, the feature in which I challenge you to create a so called “fusion”-haiku from two haiku and to create a Troiku with … Continue reading →

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lion in rainbow

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1461 – Waterfall “Our classical kigo you will find in the last line of this haiku. Today’s classical kigo is waterfall (taki) and Basho has written several haiku with this kigo. In his Oku no Hosomichi … Continue reading →

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whistle blowing

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #65 – “a whistle blows” a whistle blows the air is in motion as train approaches She blew the whistle– yet she was fired. At sound of whistle exhausted factory workers sigh and break for lunch https://thetwiglets.wordpress.com/

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under tree

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1326 transformation (quote from Coehlo’s “Brida”) “Transformation … it’s something we have seen here several times, it’s a kind of path to find your inner truth, your inner beauty or your inner love. And that’s the main … Continue reading →

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In Praise Of The Beach

Posted on November 7, 2017 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides November 2017 Chapbook Challenge – Day 6 Write a praise poem.  Praise a person; praise a deity; praise your favorite food. If you ask me, there’s not enough praise to go around in this world. When life’s … Continue reading →

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desert travelers

Posted on October 13, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1270 desert travellers (Karunesh) “This first episode of this weekend is a piece of music by Karunesh, maybe you can remember that back in 2013 I had a whole month of inspirational music for you with the … Continue reading →

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Where Did That Noise Come From?

Posted on September 6, 2017 by

Written for:  The Twiglets – “nervous noises” As a dull ache remains in our bodies, pain piping up now and again, so a low-pitched, beep, beep, beep sound is present on and off. We check outside–nothing. We think it has … Continue reading →

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Mourning Doves

Posted on August 1, 2017 by

Written for:  Haiku Horizons – “post” Two mourning doves coo and snuggle together on a fence post https://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/  

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Internal Noise

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub:  Sound Off! – Quadrille #33  (posted by Victoria) – “sound” There are sounds no one can hear, except you. Plunge–your stomach sinking when you hear bad news. Ba-boom, Ba-boom–your rapid heart beats when in love. … Continue reading →

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