Today our host and mentor at CarpeDiemHaikuKai invites us to take part in a renga party. Chevrefeuille says: “ I love to use, was written in Autumn 1689. The title for this renga is: “best for seeing the moon”. As the title of this renga tells us the haiku is a real autumn verse. As … More autumn bliss (tan renga)
three raindrops a greeting card from heaven… midsummer heat © Issa words laced together angels delicate hands clouds move in tandem clearing the sky a million stars trail glow of the milky way ©Tournesol’17/09/11 And here is the other haiku to create a Squared Tan Renga with: flying away following the rainbow into heaven … More raindrops (squared tan renga)
Inspired by Milan Rajkumar’s lovely haiku: drying stream silent verdure stands still autumn’s arrival ©Milan Rrajkumar listlessly weaving season’s new duvet amber shrouds last golden jubilee autumn’s attire ©Tournesol’17/07/28 CDHK
taste of nature– sweet blackberry bushes sing to child and bees © Sara McNulty chubby smeared hands chasing a blue butterfly ©Tournesol’17
dandelion dandelion on the sandy beach spring opens its eyes © Ogiwara Seisensui children building sandcastles seagulls sing off key © Tournesol’17
autumn evening like whispered prayers leaves float away © Dolores day drawing to a close hoot of an owl ©Tournesol’17
now it reveals its hidden side and now the other—thus it falls, an autumn leaf © Ryokan Taigu spilling a faint light easing safer passage ©Tournesol’17/05/16 The “hokku” we had to use today at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, is Ryokan’s Jisei (death-poem): ura wo mise omote wo misete chirua momiji now it reveals its hidden … More an autumn leaf (tan renga)
silent steps – one more candle illuminates the old chapel © Ese soft clicking of high heels echo from nowhere ©Tournesol’147/05/10 CDHK – silent steps
morning breeze coming in the window surf sounds (C) Jane Reichhold daybreak ritual a cardinal sings ©Tournesol’17/05/10 CDHK – Morning Breeze
from the paulownia without a breath of wind– falling leaves © Nozawa Boncho storing innocent love affairs summer’s furtive rendezvous ©Tournesol’17/05/06 Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – Tan Renga
