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Tag Archives: Sounds
Blossom Blues
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #372 Words: matches, vision, blossomed, listen, bruised, numb, voices, unhinged, savor, edges, aches, nail A vision of voices arise from bruised blossoms of peonies, edges aching brown. She listens, absent -mindedly nibbling a nail. … Continue reading
voice like merry bells
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
in the meadow
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
lion in rainbow
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
whistle blowing
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/
under tree
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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Tagged company, Haiku, inspired by quote, movement, Sounds
In Praise Of The Beach
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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Tagged Beach, Luc Bat poem, senses, Sounds, stress, Written for Challenge
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desert travelers
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
Where Did That Noise Come From?
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
Mourning Doves
Written for: Haiku Horizons – “post” Two mourning doves coo and snuggle together on a fence post https://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/
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Tagged birds, Haiku, Sounds
