SUNLIGHT

For Carpe Diem Prompt Summertime

SUNLIGHT

lounging  under tree

feel of dancing sunlight and shade

with eyes closed I dream

sunbeam on lids as leaves shift

at the will of gentle breeze

PR

2/21/15

 http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/02/carpe-diem-672-summertime.html?m=1

Rice Blossoms

In response to prompt at Carpe Diem
“Little Creatures”

RICE BLOSSOMS

rice blossoms ready

await twinkle toes of bees

weevil eyes new home

PR

2/21/15

 http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/02/carpe-diem-little-creatures-18-issas.html?m=1

Prickly

PRICKLY

Dragged out by the feet

Kicking and screaming

That’s how he came into this world

He has lived life like that ever since

Contentious, rambunctious, a ‘my way

is the only way outlook”

Age and lessons learned had little impact

He was who he  was

There was no changing this

PR

2/21/15

Warmth

WARMTH

basking in this warmth

it is a most happy time

sunshine concentrate.

PR

2/21/15

Bare Branches Touch

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #74, Jackie Le Poidevin’s “Bare Branches Touch”

BARE BRANCHES TOUCH

Bare branches touch
Over the lane where we walk
Fingers entwined.

© Jackie Le Poidevin

Shadow patterns on the ground
Add whimsy to our walk

PR

2/20/15

 http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/02/carpe-diem-tan-renga-challenge-74.html?m=1

How Lonely

Written in response to Carpe Diem Prompt

Lesser Ury. Woman at Writing Desk, 1898. WikiArt

For today, our host writes,

we return to our featured poet, Fuyuko Tomita. Here is a wonderful tanka I think we can all relate to:

さんさんとそそぐ朝日の文机に遺す未完の歌ぞ淋しき

Sansan to/ sosogu asahi no/fuzukue ni/ nokosu mikan no/ uta zo samishiki

How lonely I would be
left behind on my desk
an unfinished poem
in the glorious morning sun

© Fuyuko Tomita

Our host’s response:

at the bird feeder
three cardinals are squabbling –
a love triangle?

the poem that nudges my ribs
is fading with the laundry
(Paloma)

My response

shadow of a poem
still looking like a mirage
outline shimmering

how lonely being stuck indoors
will let it breathe for today

PR

2/20/15

http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2015/02/carpe-diem-special-133-fuyuko-tomitas.html?m=1