Tan Renga - Panchali's Mystic Purple - November 16, 2014

This week  for the Tan Renga we have a very beautiful and very spiritual haiku written/composed by Panchali of Peach Oleander. Her haiku is in response to "Chinese Bellflower".

From: A Globtrotter's Fare

mystic purple flames

arise from the spirit’s stalks

chill my autumn heart

© Panchali

awaiting winter's advent
the graveyard's decked in flowers

© G.s.k. '14

Bell Flowers - haiku - November 9, 2014

purple bell flower
blooming in the summer fields
- silent beauties

(c) G.s.k. '14

Here are some other haiku which Chèvrefueille shared in his poss which feature the bell flower

raiun ni kikyo murasaki yurchajimu

under thunderheads
the purple of the bellflowers
begins to sway

© Kyoko Kaneko

in a pot, Chinese
bellflowers begin to fade -
misty rain

© Shiki

Chinese bellflowers
bloom in mother's color
dark violet

© Murasaki Sagano


purple bellflowers
swaying in the breeze -
the sound of water

© Yozakura

And this is our host's haiku:

fragile beauty
purple flowers like paper
Chinese bellflower

© Chèvrefeuille

Linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai