Tan Renga with Basho - January 31, 2015

Scarecrow

Tan Renga with Basho

borrowing sleep

from the scarecrow's sleeves

midnight frost

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

my response

glittering fields of new corn
a scarecrow guards the crops

 frosted fields
fields of oniric pleasure
now a summer day

© G.s.k. ‘15

Inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Tan Renga - January 24, 2015

sweet perfume

mingles with the sound of rain -

a dog barks

© Chèvrefeuille

 in the back garden new blooms

dogwood and cherry blossoms

bending under rain
first blossoms of the new spring
old Spot meows

© G.s.k. ‘15

This post was written for Carpe Diem haiku Kai's Tan Renga

Tan Renga - January 11, 2015

the endless night

unable to count the stars

in the frozen pond

(c) Ese

mystic journey into time
infinity in a pond

the here and now
in an endless frozen night

a frog jumps

© G.s.k. ‘15

This week's haiku was offered by Ese at Ese's Voice on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Tan Renga - Jen from Blog it or Lose it - December 29, 2014

Walnut Canyon Overlook. National Park Service.

ancient laughter

captured in a canyon wind – 

yucca leaves, rustling  

(© Paloma)

high cave-side dwellings
observe the canyon stream

jugs on their heads
women tote water daily
up steep narrow paths

(© G.s.k. '14)

Talking to Paloma about her trip, which inspired the haiku we're using to day for Carpe Diem Tan Renga (Jen (or Paloma) of Blog It Or Lose It)... the vision of women toting water up steep paths stuck in my mind.  We are very lucky in most of the Western World, but the reality of the majority of women in the world is toting water ... from Africa to Asia, from South America to the Middle East ... women tote water daily on their heads usually in heavy clay jars.

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai's Tan Renga - Northern Lights - December 20, 2014

Credits: Aurora Borealis

curtain of light

shimmers in the winter cold

flight of fancy

© Dolores

Our Renga host in this episode of Tan Renga inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is:  Dolores with her response to Northern Lights.  Here is how our host completed the renga:

curtain of light

shimmers in the winter cold

flight of fancy

(© Dolores)

in the middle of the night

Mother Nature's light show

(© Chèvrefeuille)

My Attempt:

curtain of light
shimmers in the winter cold
flight of fancy

snowbirds in the evening frost
dream of warm city lights

©  G.s.k. '14

Tan Renga - Brigitta's Frozen Thoughts - December 12, 2014

This week's Tan Renga will be built on Brigitta from Birgitta of Crazy Art Photo & Poetry written for the first prompt of December "accepting the finite":

 Frozen thoughts

remember eclipse

not sunlight

© Birgitta

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This is our host's renga:

Frozen thoughts

remember eclipse

not sunlight 

(© Birgitta)

in silent adoration

whispering Om Mani Padme Hum
 © Chèvrefeuille)

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This is hard to follow but I'll give it a go!

Frozen thoughts

remember eclipse

not sunlight

© Birgitta

afternoon stars shine
filling the world with awe

© G.s.k. '14

Linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

A Dream in A Dream - Tan Renga - November 28, 2014

This week for  the Tan Renga Challenge I'm honored  that Chèvrefeuille chose one of the haiku I wrote for Carpe Diem's Ghost Writer:  A Dream Within A Dream where we were to distill a great poem by Edgar Allen Poe written by Jen from Blog it or Lose it.   I originally  published the haiku on my WordPress Blog with the collage that you see at the top of the page.

a dream in a dream
sand slipping through old fingers
autumn leaves turn red

© Georgia

wondering where the time's gone
she walks alone in the park

sunshine streaks the trees
first snow flakes begin to fall -
early afternoon

© Georgia

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

Tan Renga - Early Morning from Bastet and Sekhmet's Library - November 8, 2014

For this week's "Tan Renga" at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, Chèverfeuille has honored my by choosing my haiku that I wrote for Shuukan and published on Bastet and Sekhmet's Library on November 2, 2014:

The Shuukan prompt (HERE) was the OM - Om purifies bliss and pride (realm of the gods)  - from the mantra  Om Mani Padme Hum.

early morning

silence before the rising sun

raindrops on a branch

(c) G.s.k. ’14

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Here is the lovely conclusion created by our host which I enjoyed very much:

early morning

silence before the rising sun

raindrops on a branch          

(Georgia)

on the deserted beach

I greet the sun with joy             

(Chèvrefeuille)

Here is my attempt to write a conclusion to the "hokku":

early morning

silence before the rising sun

raindrops on a branch

in somber autumn darkness
tears fall softly in the woods

a yellow breasted finch
twitters in the dawning light
dispelling storm clouds

(c) G.s.k. '14

Tan Renga - November 1, 2014

winding through past life

foreign tongues adsorbed in dreams

sense of home prevails

(C) Jazzytower of "thoughts and entanglement

merrily chanting siblings
meeting all the family

(C) G.s.k. '14
 

Tan Renga - River Stones - October 24, 2014

 

 in a desert land
stones from rivers far away
muttering dark tales

© Magical Mystical Teacher (MMT)

unheard ancient melody

lost in the white river song

© G.s.k. '14

Tan Renga - Ese's " fingertips" -October 18, 2014

 

fingertips stroking

scales of a pine cone

-forest memories

(c) Ese - Ese's Voice

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visions of our love-making
now my dreams in autumn nights

(c)  G.s.k.

Tan Renga - Oliana's "flying home" - October 10 2014

 

 power-driven fowl
in rays of a setting sun
flies home

© Oliana

 This week's Tan Renga Challenge is provided by Oliana of Traces of the Soul. She wrote this haiku (the first stanza of the Tan Renga, also known as "hokku") in response on our "Sparkling Stars" episode of last Saturday (Oct. 4th). I think this haiku by Oliana can be very inspirational to make a Tan Renga with.

 power-driven fowl
in rays of a setting sun
flies home

© Oliana

with happy snow birds
seeking their winter's nest

© G.s.k. '14

Tan Renga - October 5, 2014

Tan Renga presents Mark M. Redfearn

 

 

 

 a single sunbeam
scribbling runes on fallen leaves -
autumn graffiti

© Mark M. Redfearn

 

Here's Chèvrefeuilles renga:

 

Credits: Runes

 

 a single sunbeam
scribbling runes on fallen leaves -
autumn graffiti.

between the colored leaves
the first page of Genesis.    

 

 

Credits: The Pagan Sphinx

 a single sunbeam
scribbling runes on fallen leaves -
autumn graffiti

© Mark M. Redfearn

days wane quickly earth now dies
until rebirth in yule fire

 

© G.s.k. '14

Nature Sleeps - Tan Renga - September 27, 2014

Today's renga is build upon a beautiful haiku written by  Becca Givens of "On Dragonflies wings with Buttercup tea". She wrote this haiku in response on a quote by Francis of Assisi.

nature sleeps
carpet of silent snow
red leaf falls

© Becca Givens

eve in the dead of winter
- a splash of color

© G.s.k. '14

Tan Renga - Glittering Blue - September 20, 2014

Today's Tan Renga!  Today's 50 Tan Renga Challenge from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is a beautiful haiku written by Ese of Ese's Voice:

glittering blue

above empty riverbed
wings of dragonfly

© Ese

reflecting ghost waters
lost in summer's dreams

© G.s.k. '14

Tan Renga - September 6, 2014

For Capre Diem Haiku Kai's Tan Renga this week the first stanza has been written by  Jazzytower of Thoughts and Entanglements :

before the decay
blessed with breathtaking beauty
reclaimed by the earth

© Jazzytower 

earth reclaims its property
regenerating beauty

© G.s.k. '14

 

Tan Renga - Autumn's Last Show - August 31, 2014

For Carpe Diem Tan Renga:

in the pond

reflected trees and drifting leaves
- autumn’s last show

© Suzanne

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bright riotous autumn colors
announcing dark shades of grey

© G.s.k. '14

Tan Renga - August 16, 2014

Tan Renga this week on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is lead by Magical Mystical Teacher (MMT

how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light
© MMT

blossoming desert flowers
miricle in the desert

(C) G.s.k. '14

Tan Renga Challenge - August 8, 2014

This week's haiku poet for Tan Renga on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is Jamie Weiland of "Tea, Poems and Pictures":

as a white dove lands
words unspoken yet knowing-
the glow of the dawn

© Jamie Wieland

wisdom on white wings flutter
among the clouds with the wind

©  G.s.k. '14