Caring About Our World Reflecting About Life
luscious spring blossoms
soon fall back to their roots
these tree leaves will last
offering summer shelter
as spring fades to a dream
buds unfurl to leaves
marking the passage of spring
woodland flowers fade
while a fresh canopy grows
spring sparkles as memory
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©2018 Ontheland
The theme of Frank’s Haikai Challenge #34 is ‘passing spring’
Late summer hoppers
time to harvest, clear and mulch
fields buzz excitement
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Summer evening
my rushing blood is soundless
in the steady hum
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Last day of August
bird arrow crosses the sky
autumn chill is here
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© 2017 Ontheland
Last flare, sun departs,
outdoor toil ends early
as summer fades
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©2017 Ontheland
Thursday night:
Late summer drive
wind roars in my ears
cool breath of night
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Tonight’s moon is lost
though mists unveil the stars
an eerie feeling
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Friday night:
As last embers glow
quiet suspends in coolness
moonlight cups the sky
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Not visible in this photo is the crescent shape of the almost quarter moon. One of many benefits of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompts is their encouragement to absorb the outdoors. The prompt ‘cool’ nudged me to closer enjoyment of summer night air—touched in two of these haiku.
©2017 Ontheland
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is hosting an Autumn Retreat themed ‘Departure’. A recent glance in my car mirror inspired the first haiku and two more came after that:
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Mirror glance
confirms youth has gone
lines deepen
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In autumn
I count falling leaves
life is short
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Summer is
growing and dying
all at once
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©2017 Ontheland
Chèvrefeuille, hosting Heeding Haiku, for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie invites haiku about summer. My two responses:
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summer days sweat
as storm clouds flirt ardent sun
bean vines climb slowly
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this summer tallies
raindrops thunder sun and haze
wildflowers parade
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©2017 Ontheland
As we turn every corner of the Narrow Road to the Deep North, we sometimes stand up unawares to applaud and we sometimes fall flat to resist the agonizing pains we feel in the depths of our hearts. There are also times when we feel like taking to the roads ourselves, seizing the raincoat lying near by, or times when we feel like sitting down till our legs take root, enjoying the scene we picture before our eyes.– Soruyo
Contemplating this quote offered by Suzanne of On the Road and life as I know it, I wrote this tanka:
A life has cycles
as summer falls to winter
a pattern is clear
placidity precedes storm
and chaos ends in rest.
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©2017 Ontheland
