Moon Goddess Milk skin, coal hair, hersilk robes once swished earthbound;now moonlight grace shines down.Mid-autumn Harvest honorsher with humble offerings. From Traveling China Guide Chang’e (Chang E) Flying to the Moon is the most widely told Mid-Autumn Festival legend. It is said that in ancient times, ten suns existed in the sky and the…
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#Haikai Challenge #156: new coolness (shinryoo)
Mama leads five jakesDawdled pecking crosst the roadPapa follows, lookoutAutumn’s new coolness arrivesWarm feathered huddles in night trees This morning on my trip to the library, I waited and watched a family of turkeys crossing the road. It seems a little late for jakes, but what do I know. Note: Adult male turkeys are…
#Haikai Challenge #153: cricket (koorogi) / #154: morning-glory (asagao)
dewy flags unfurl to fall wind’s bright trumpets tired crickets now sleep morning glories open us to the new day’s chorus top image link here bottom image is from the collection called Momoyogusa = Flowers of a Hundred Generations by Kamisaka, Sekka (b1866-d1942) from The New York Library…
dVerse — Poetics — Night Harvest
Night Harvest Farmer neighbors join hands, bringing in the sheaves under a wheat moon while babies curl in baskets dreaming of milky warm breasts image: “The Harvest Moon,” by Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) Rosemarie Gonzales is today’s host at dVerse. Rosemarie says: Write a poem about or with “wheat” and its possible variations.
Haikai Challenge #151: first (autumn) storm (hatsu arashi) / Darkness (Yami)
First Autumn Storm Dense saunal mist begs dark clouds’ rumbled promises – buckets poured gain trust. Grass greens as we hear its thrum, Inhaling cool autumn breeze. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.)…
Haikai Challenge #149: Waterfall (taki)
Mid-winter’s silver flows over rocks, under ice; gravity-compelled, defying temperature, waterfall tinkles in snow. It is in the 80’s here in MI. Looking for pictures of waterfalls, I came across the photo taken mid-winter and thought oh my, wouldn’t it be nice to cool off there right now. It is mid-winter in the Southern…
#Haikai Challenge #146: Buck Moon
Moon’s churned cream glows bright while fireflies and rabbits play; thunder’s promise grows. Grazing bucks nibble clover’s sweet dew as velvet blossoms. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says: The July full moon, the Buck Moon: The next full Moon will occur on Sunday, July 5, 2020, at 12:44AM ET, and is…
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