BAMBOO

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BAMBOO

bamboo carving

reminder of new journey

being a better man

This is what I found when I did a little reading on cultural thoughts on bamboo,

“…..As bamboo has some features such as uprightness, tenacity and hollow heart, people endow bamboo with integrity, elegance and plainness, though it is not physically strong…  According to laws, an ancient poet, Bai Juyi (772–846), thought that to be a gentleman, a man does not need to be physically strong, but he must be mentally strong, upright, and perseverant. Just as a bamboo is hollow-hearted, he should open his heart to accept anything of benefit…”
Credit: Wiki

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3/01/15

Published in response to Carpe Diem Haiku Prompt: Bamboo

for further reading follow link below

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/03/carpe-diem-time-glass-23-bamboo.html

HAPPINESS

HAPPINESS

my toes in the sand

gift of harmony within

glimpse of happiness

Published in response to the haiga prompt : Happiness

and

Haiku Horizons Prompt : Gift

 “…The Chinese Confucian thinker Mencius, who 2300 years ago sought to give advice to the ruthless political leaders of the warring states period, was convinced that the mind played a mediating role between the “lesser self” (the physiological self) and the “greater self” (the moral self) and that getting the priorities right between these two would lead to sage-hood. He argued that if we did not feel satisfaction or pleasure in nourishing one’s “vital force” with “righteous deeds”, that force would shrivel up (Mencius,6A:15 2A:2). More specifically, he mentions the experience of intoxicating joy if one celebrates the practice of the great virtues, especially through music…”

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3/01/15

The above quote taken from post on host page.  For further reading follow link below

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/03/carpe-diem-678-happiness.html

And

https://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/haiku-horizons-prompt-gift/

Companionship

bursting into flight

restless crawling on lamp’s rim

companion came

now staying still side by side

ladybug love upside down

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3/01/15

 http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/02/carpe-diem-677-companionship.html?m=1

FARM

Yep, I did one of those crazy pullovers to the side of the highway yesterday to take this picture.  Only to find that the card for my camera was in my lap top when I got home. But, my trusty android saved the day!

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3/01/15

JAZZ

jazz born from hardship

with voices as instrument

love it or hate it

2

pick an instrument

ride the wave, choose another

potpourri of rhythms

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3/01/15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE75ejgYt_0

Above is a link to a mini documentary on role of voice in jazz featuring the greats! Sara Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Art Tatum. AWESOME!

Carpe Diem Sparkling Stars #19

James A. Emanuel (1921-2013) “jazz-haiku”

(the founder of “jazz-haiku”) James A. Emanuel

James A. Emanuel was born June 15, 1921, in Alliance, Nebraska. He earned a B.A. from Howard University, an M.A. from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Among his books of poetry are Jazz from the Haiku King (1999), De la rage au coeur, (Thaon, 1992, translated by Jean Migrenne and Amiot Lenganey), Whole Grain: Collected Poems, 1958-1989 (1990), The Quagmire Effect (1988), Deadly James and Other Poems (1987), The Broken Bowl: New and Uncollected Poems (1983), Black Man Abroad: The Toulouse Poems (1978), and At Bay (1969). He is also the author of Langston Hughes (1967) and the editor, with Theodore L. Gross, of Dark Symphony: Negro Literature in America (1968). Emanuel’s essays and other writings have been included in many anthologies and periodicals. Among his honors are a John Hay Whitney Award, a Saxton Memorial Fellowship, and a Special Distinction Award from the Black American Literature Forum. James Emanuel has been a professor of English at the University of Grenoble and the University of Toulouse, among other universities. He lived in Paris at the time of his passing (September 28, 2013). (Biography from the Academy of American Poets website.)

From: Whole Grain : Collected Poems, 1958-1989; Lotus Press, Detroit, 1991; with translations by Jean Migrenne.[…] In 1992 in “Le Barry,” the country home of the Plassard family in southwest France, where I have now and then composed poetry for over twenty-five years, I planned an apparently new literary genre, the “jazz haiku”. My “breakaway haiku” in Deadly James and Other Poems (1987) had begun my experiments with the Japanese 3-line form, adhering to its 5-7-5 syllabic pattern, but widening its sensory impact beyond the capacity of the usual single impression. My haiku added the toughness of poverty and racial injustice, the declarative emphasis made possible by narrative style, and the technical challenge of time. […] © James A. Emanuel.

Published in response to prompt from Carpe Diem Haiku

follow link for further reading

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/02/carpe-diem-sparkling-stars-19-james.html

Weekly Photo Challenge : ICICLES

suspended icicles

winter in its element

other worldly

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2/27/15

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/reward/

Periwinkle

So I needed a dose of periwinkle – purple

I don’t know why

It gives me the warm and fuzzy

I don’t know why

But I do know it’s coming from childhood

In a good way, hence the warm and fuzzy

And I don’t care why

Colors and memories

Memories and colors

Fairies might have been involved

Periwinkle

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2/27/15