Photo from prompt.
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My Response to the Prompt
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man’s will to survive
strong at the broken places
man made walls crumble
………….Saradunn
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I was a senior in High School when the Berlin Wall went up.
It was for me unimaginable to think what it would be like and
of being behind a wall I could see where I want to be
and not being able to get across it in any way. You can’t get ther
from here.
The heart break and suffering of those left behind …
trying to put my self in that place. And wonder if I, myself,
would be strong at the broken places of my heart and soul
………..Siggi
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The prompt:
Our time challenging feature for this Sunday, June 28th, Time Glass, is The Wall Berlin. Why? My youngest son was at Berlin this weekend, because a friend of him has his bachelor-party there. They had fun and unknowingly he (and his friends) brought me this Time Glass prompt. You have just 24 hours to respond on the prompt given, The Wall Berlin, and the given photo with a haiku. Have fun!
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photo (c) 2014 Saradunn
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My Response to the Prompt
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lilies greet the sun
blue heron watches
secluded lagoon
……………Saradunn
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The prompt:
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
As I started to prepare this new episode, lagoon,
the first thing which came in mind was the motion picture “The Blue Lagoon”,
with Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in 1980.
I remember that there was a lot to do around this motion picture,
because of the nudity scenes in this movie.
As a teenager, in 1980 I was 17 yrs,
I remember that I was excited,
because nudity in such an American movie wasn’t done until than.
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Our prompt for today is lagoon
and here are a few haiku which Jane has used
in her saijiki “A Dictionary of Haiku”.
bridge
at the edge of the lagoon
the wind stops
lagoon
the name makes kayaks wiggle
with laughter
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© Jane Reichhold
Not a long episode this time and also no haiku by my self …
lack of time and inspiration …
I hope this episode will inspire you however.
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My Response to Prompts
beach breezes
waves gently lap
day of solitude
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listen ~ seagulls
chattering in groups
lookout ~ guards
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tide changes
breeze on shore
days end ~ all’s well
.Tokubetsudesu gives me the OPPORTUNITY
to bring back special
features we have had here at our Haiku Kai.
This week that ‘former’ feature will be Carpe Diem’s Vision Quest.
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Do you remember that feature?
Three days on a row to write haiku
inspired on a theme and for every part only 24 hours
to respond
and if possible with a slight sauce of cohesion
to bind the three haiku together.
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So for this Tokubetsudesu episode I love to challenge you to go on a Vision Quest with me.
There is only a slightly little difference with the original feature.
You have to use the three prompts, all with the same theme,
in three different haiku
and there has to be some cohesion that binds the three haiku together.
For this challenge I will give you 24 hours extra time to respond.
Here is the theme: at the seashore and these are the three prompts you have to use:
1. waves
2. seagulls
3. sundown
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My response to the prompt:
gift of sight
clear skies on coast
star gazing amazing
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amazing patterns
bright sparkles over head
child-like wonder
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on a clear night
seeing the heavens light up
just a breath away
…………Saradunn
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Note from Saradunn
Following my cataract surgery I experienced
many miracles. The vision of the stars that filled in the gaps
in my previous “normal” sight, I slowly realized what others
could see and how they could identify the patterns in the heavens.
A never tiring experience of wonder for me.
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The Prompt:
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
I like to gaze at the stars, not only in summer,
but through the whole year, but especially in summer stargazing,
as is our prompt for today, is a great activity.
Together with the one you love for example,
or just with friends, No clouds at the night sky, the sultry summer night,
the sweetPERFUME of trees, flowers and bushes.
Just an awesome feeling … surly worth doing sometimes (or more than sometimes).
On Shamrock Haiku I found a wonderful haiku written by Konstantin Kedrov about stargazing:
tired of stargazing,
I look down –
puddle full of stars
© Konstantin Kedrov
And I remember a beautiful tanka by Greg Wolford, one of our CDHK family members,
which he wrote in response on our first episode of “On The Trail With Basho Encore”:
upon BALE OF HAY
stars twinkle in the distance
memories flash by
times filled with our hopes and dreams
and innocence reigned supreme
Stargazing it looks like everyone likes it and so do I as I told you above.
There is no night for me without gazing to the stars.
I love to point my children and grandchildren to the constellations
and the individual stars like e.g. Venus.
Of course the classical haiku poets like Basho, Buson, Issa and Chiyo-Ni
for example wrote haiku about stargazing
especially around the Tanabata Festival (a traditional Japanese stargazing festival)
on July 7th for example this one by Issa:
kakurega mo hoshi machi-gao no yo nari keri
at the hermit’s hut, too–
an upturned face awaits
the stars
© Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue)
And I just had to share a haiku by Basho,
which he wrote while gazing at the stars on Tanabata:
sazo na hoshi hiji kimono ni wa shika no kawa
surely star-lovers
using as a rug
a deer skin
© Basho
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Well … we are still discovering the beauty of the modern kigo
as gathered by Jane Reichhold in her saijiki “A Dictionary of Haiku”
and today our prompt is stargazing and these are her examples:
coming inside
after star gazing
my glow
our galaxy
in a folding chair
a star gazer
© Jane Reichhold
Awesome to read all those wonderful examples of haiku on stargazing …
all those different styles … thoughts and ideas behind it …. just awesome.
I had to share a haiku by myself, but I wasn’t inspired enough,
so I have an “oldie” for you all which I wrote in response on a haiku by Kala Ramesh
(one of our featured haiku-poets):
late summer night
wind chime resonates through the night –
stars shine bright
© Chèvrefeuille
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My response to the prompt:
sun and rain
warmth of season
recovery to health
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pine cones
basking in the sun
new life plentiful
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bobbing branches
songs from within
birds rejoicing
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………Saradunn
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note by Saradunn
The past winter on the Downeast Coast of Maine
was especially difficult for all trees including pines…
recovery is seen in many
including the one that towers, tho less so,
over my house.
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The prompt:
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
I wasn’t aware that pines were a season word for summer,
because I only had the imagination that pines were more of winter,
but Jane Reichhold puts them here in summer.
We are exploring the modern kigo for summer
as gathered by Jane in her saijiki “A Dictionary of Haiku”
and these are a few examples of her haiku
on this modern summer kigo:
a tearing sound
a pine cone OPENS
to the heat
friendly
the pine shares its fragrance
mid-day shade
reaching for the sun
the great pine’s shadow
shapes the tree
the tea
in a pine needle cup
coolness
© Jane Reichhold
And of course I just had to share a few “pine”-haiku by Basho:
pine and cedar
to admire the wind
smell the sound
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
Or this beauty:
pine wind
needles falling on the water’s
cool sound
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
And than there is this wonderful haiku on pine by Issa:
new summer robes–
listening to the pine breeze
they emerge
© Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David Lanoue)
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Well …. a lot to handle,
but it was really a joy to create this post.
I hope it will inspire you to write an all new haiku. Ok … another haiku “hot off the press” (smiles):
seeking shelter
beneath the giant pine
midsummer rain
© Chèvrefeuille
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photo: mainethingstodo.
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My response to the prompt:
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sunrise ~ longest day
greet first rays on Cadillac
mountains meet the sea
………..Saradunn
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The prompt:
nagaki hi mo saezuri taranu hibari kana
even a long day
is not enough for the singing
of a skylark
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
The above verse says it all … Today our prompt is long day/summer solstice and it points to the beginning of summer (on the Northern hemisphere). Today it’s June 21st and that’s the real start of summer. At last … summer has come … after a long period of cold and semi-cold weather …. summer is here.
I am busy with preparing our list of haiku which are submitted for the second CDHK kukai “summertime” and I hope to mail it to the participants this week, but during lack of time and being in the nightshift, I can not guarantee that. I have read wonderful haiku submitted for this kukai and I am looking forward to your judging.
Ok … back to our prompt for today long day/summer solstice … Jane shares the following haiku for this modern summer kigo (seasonword):
longer days
I love to go to sleep
with sky in my eyes
long day
the reading lamp stays
unplugged
© Jane Reichhold
And these she shares on summer solstice:
a bluish shadow
our shortest night
in Norway
solstice splits
between the peach halves
a red stone sun
summer solstice
the gypsy wagon bright
with music
© Jane Reichhold
All wonderful haiku as I may say so … it will not be an easy task to write/compose an all new haiku inspired on these beauties. So, forgive me, I have ran through my archives … and I found this one:
Summer Solstice
the longest day of the year
welcomed with music
© Chèvrefeuille (You can find the whole story at Chèvrefeuille’s Haiku on WP)
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| Observatory Robert Morris, near my home-town |
celebrating
and welcoming Ra –
summer solstice
© Chèvrefeuille
*) Ra is the Egyptian Sun God
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photo: (c) 2015 Saradunn
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my response to “summertime”
lush foliage
fragrant ~ brilliant blooms
a thankful solstice
….Saradunn
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Inspired by the posted prompt:
After a long difficult winter with trees
damaged by ice and heavy snow, the
brilliance of the greens of trees and the
colors of the perennials I am awestruck
by Mother Nature’s recovery.
Saradunn
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The Carpe’ Diem prompt:
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
Last Saturday I started a new feature here at our Haiku Kai. I
n this new feature you have no prompts or something
it’s just for sharing your favorite haiku or tanka
with us all here at our Haiku Kai and put them into the “poem bag” or Utabukuro.
For this episode however I have a theme.
That theme has to be found in the shared haiku or tanka
and this week I love to ask you to share
your favorite haiku or tanka about “summertime”.
This favorite haiku can be from a modern haiku poet or a classical haiku poet.
As you have found your favorite haiku or tanka
than please tell us why you have chosen that specific haiku or tanka
and than write an all new haiku or tanka inspired on the haiku or tanka of your choice.
For this episode of Carpe Diem Utabukuro
I have ran through my archives and found the following haiku
which I wrote back in 2012 as spring was departing
and summer almost started.
This is a cascading haiku about sunflowers.
I like sunflowers, because I associate them with summer,
even when the sun is not there through the sunflowers I can feel summer.
hopeful new day
AVAILABLE in yellowish
a great sunflower
a great sunflower
desirable to bright sunlight
bows its head to earth
bows its head to earth
a possible new flower opens
promising dreams
© Chèvrefeuille
And here is my all new haiku inspired on this cascading haiku written by myself:
bruised sunflower
it bowed its head to deep –
departure of summer
© Chèvrefeuille
Not as strong as I had hoped, but I like the opposite scene …
photo: flickr: Sunrise, Wickenburg, Arizona, USA
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My response to the prompt:
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prickly topiaries
nesting birds waken
saguaro sunrise
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Saradunn
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In January/February 1992 I spent six
weeks at The Meadows, in Wickenburg
Arizona, USA. Waking early to see the
sunrise was a special treat. Being from
the Midwest and Downeast Maine, the
saguaro cactus was fascinating with its
quirks and perks.
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The prompt: Carpe Diem: desert
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You will understand that our prompt for today is desert
and these are the haiku which Jane Reichhold
uses as an example for this modern summer kigo:
desert
awakened by silence
filled with dark
stars
in the sand
desert GIFT
YOUR voice
tying me to the desert
toast POPS UP
Aren’t they gorgeous?
I especially like the second haiku shared here,
because of the nice FREE style” way of composing it.
Through this free style this haiku is very strong and intense.
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my own desert
re-decorating the garden
in bright sunlight
© Chèvrefeuille
A few other “desert”-haiku,
the first an oldie from my personal weblog
Chèvrefeuille’s Haiku-blog and a new (re-done) one.
in the desert
the heat, the sand … my eyes
a Fata Morgana
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tears fall
lost and alone in the desert
just the moon and I
© Chèvrefeuille
Ah! The desert, one of our wonderful “eco-systems”.
I have learned to admire the desert through the posts of MMT.
Her photos and haiku have done that to me.
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photo credit: pinterest
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My response to the prompt:
sunlit ferns
lily of the valley peek
buttercups salute
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Saradunn
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My morning greeting leaving the house…
the sun on the ferns, lily of the valley and
buttercups… a moment in time
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The prompt:
.Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
Another week has gone by and it’sALREADY Wednesday again …
time for a new episode of Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu
(our former Ghost Writer feature).
This week I have chosen to do a new episode of our CD Distillation feature
in which the goal is to distill haiku (or tanka) from a other (longer) poem.
And this week I have chosen for
a poem by Raymond A. Foss
titled “Translucent Ferns”:
TRANSLUCENT FERNS
The melting frost
ablaze in the warming
the wetness of the morning
changing the light
The ferns turned
from green to brown
from summer to autumn
but in the morning translucent
lit from behind
As the frost bleeds away
the lobes of the fern turned
warming in the light
of the autumn morning
as I rush on by
Raymond has given me permission to use his poem
and he even send me a haiku he wrote after this poem,
a kind of distillation as is the goal for this week’s
Tokubetsudesu episode:
The ferns alive, clear
translucent before dying
almost likeWINDOWS…
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