Haiku Horizons: Cat - March 28, 2016

peekaboo ...

awaiting her human

the cat watches

spring warmth

the cat rolls on the warm grass

pure ecstasy

observing a cat's pleasure

a lesson in living

grace and flight

attacking a goose feather

the cat pounces 

© G.s.k. ‘16

Romancing - September 2, 2014

 

mellow candle light
eyes meet eyes - fingers touch
Chopin's piano

perfect harmony
sun filters upon our bodies
afternoon loving

autumn evening
under a light blanket
exploring lovers

on the futon
his lips softy explore
pathways to pleaure

For Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Writing with Gibran - Dreams - August 31, 2014

We are nearing the end of the month of August and coming to the close of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai's daily meme dedicated to "Sea and Foam" .... This post is dedicated to dreams:

[...] "How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?" [...]

[...] "The flowers of spring are winter’s dreams related at the breakfast table of the angels". [...]

[...] "I would not be the least among men with dreams and the desire to fulfill them, rather than the greatest with no dreams and no desires".[...]

Chevrefeuille's Haiku

breakfast with angels

as spring is starting after the cold -

flowering trees

© Chèvrefeuille

after the dark winter

cherry trees are blooming again

Ah! what a joy!

© Chèvrefeuille

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a child's dream
on tarmack in colored chalk
a happy home

in feathered beds
the rich dream of their riches
dragons far away

the Earth's dreams
brightly colored spring flowers
a bee's reality

no dreams or desires
fulfilled in awakened void
zen monk happily walks

 © G.s.k. '14

Writing with Gibran -Traveller - 28 August, 2014

Today's post on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai dedicated to "Sea and Foam" by Khalil Gibran is a fascinating post on traveller par excellance, nomads.  I would really rccomend you take a look at Chèvrefeuille's creation. Magnificent!

[...] "A traveler am I and a navigator, and every day I discover a new region within my soul". [...] "Sea and Foam"

a new journey

along the roads of God's Creation

seeking the truth within

seeking the truth within

the road like the Honeysuckle (*) bush

a new journey

© Chèvrefeuille

I've waited too long
the road calls to me .. come home
 endless winding trails

one step at a time
the road leads the traveller
unto herself

time to pack her bags
her nomadic soul calls
the trail - her home

an illusion
the traveller never remains
no roots to hold her down

©  G.s.k. '14

Writing With Gibran - Solitude (Inner Self) - August 18, 2014

 

Chevrèfeuille writes on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai:

For today's prompt I have chosen a nice quote from "Sand & Foam":

[...] "Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; Yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the living earth". [...]

This post was particularly interesting and revealing to me ... I can so sympathize with the author and curator of Carpe Diem through this post more than I ever have before.  I really think you should drop by to read the post.
In the meantime, this is Chèvrefeuille's haiku:

 deep down inside
hiding in the deeper layers of the soul
divine inspiration

© Chèvrefeuille

Another haiku/senryu ispired on this post:

scent of incense
guiding me through the depths of my soul -
showing the light

© Chèvrefeuille

 through the lonely mist
walking solitary paths
seeking connection

the human journey
through the meanders of soul
enlightened nature

together with nature
united spirit and soul
the lonely voyage

the pitter patter
rain falls on the tarmack
a heartbeat

solitude
silence of inner self
reaching out for nature

 © G.s.k. '14

Haiku Horizons - Cut - August 13, 2014

This week's word of inspiration from Haiku Horizons is: cut. 


one more slice
cutting the cake with joy
at the child's party

sadness overflows
but the he just didn't know
cut to the quick

the silk dress
cut and sown by grandmother
for mother's wedding

blood flows
the hand needs three stitches
a knife slipped

the new tree
from as apple tree cutting
life continues

Justice - August 9, 2014

saber rattlers

intoning words of justice
as they bomb children

drawing battle lines
justice is blind to both sides
death is too

another news event
somehow seems the same old stuff
more calls for justice

your justice or his
words wasted every day
in Palestine

Written for Haiku Horizons

Writing with Issa (4) "Oh cooling melons!" - July 2, 2014

Today we will be inspired again by Issa, one of my favorite haiku poets.  Knowing as we do, about the tragic aspects of his life, I find that Issa's wonderful light-hearted haiku are especially inspirational. On Chèvrefeuille of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai quotes this lovely poem, with an explanation:

hito kitara kawazu to nare yo hiyashi uri

if anyone comes,
turn into frogs,
o cooling melons!

© Kobayashi Issa

Issa has just put some melons into a tub of water outside the house, to cool them. As they float on the surface of the water, their green bellies remind him of frogs, just at the moment that he has a feeling of hesitation, of uneasiness, at leaving them unguarded. This momentary see-sawing of the mind makes the notion of melons turning into frogs more than merely fanciful. The humour also, joins where it seems to separate.

And another Issa haiku follows:

 Another haiku on melons by Issa is the following:

nusubito no miru to mo shirade hiyashi uri

oblivious
of the gaze of the thief. -
melons in cool

© Kobayashi Issa

Here is our Chèvrefeuile's haiku:

cooling down
together with the melons
I take a bath

© Chèvrefeuille

In Italy, summer time means prosciutto ham sliced paper thin and honey-dew melon:

Senryu

 

fresh honey-dew melons
warmed in prosciutto blankets
no goose bumps tonight

© G.s.k. '14

Summer time is also the time of Arco's watermelon fests, the city council provides music and free watermelon for all:

Haiku

Arco's summer fests
merry dancing in the streets
cooled watermelon

© G.s.k. '14