Passing of Spring

passing of spring
the grape vine
has set its course

Pat R

4/30/16

Carpe Diem Haiku

Tan Renga

old pond
frog jumps in
sound of water

© Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)

the lilly pad set asway
and ripples start on their way

© Pat R

4/30#16

Carpe Diem Haiku

Zinc

rhythm of raindrops –
a drum solo on zinc roof
a deeper silence

Pat R

In the spirit of the prompt I translated this last entry to several languages with the help of Google translate:

In Japanese
雨滴のリズム –

亜鉛屋根の上のドラム・ソロ

深い沈黙
Uteki no rizumu – aen yane no ue no doramu soro fukai chinmoku

In French
rythme de gouttes de pluie – un solo de batterie sur le toit de zinc un silence profond

In Italian
il ritmo delle gocce di pioggia – un assolo di batteria sul tetto di zinco un silenzio più profondo

In Greek
ρυθμό της βροχής –

ένα σόλο τύμπανο στη στέγη του ψευδαργύρου

μια βαθύτερη σιωπή

rythmó tis vrochís –

éna sólo týmpano sti stégi tou psevdargýrou

mia vathýteri siopí

In Afrikaans
ritme van die reën – ‘n drom solo op sink dak ‘n dieper stilte

In Filipino
ritmo ng raindrops – isang drum solo sa zinc roof isang mas malalim na katahimikan

In Latin
numerus stillae – tympanum in solo palato cadmiae silentia pervestigationes

In Russian
ритм дождевых капель –

барабан соло на крыше цинка

более глубокое молчание..

ritm dozhdevykh kapel’ –

baraban solo na kryshe tsinka

boleye glubokoye molchaniye

ALL WITH THE HELP OF GOOGLE TRANSLATE!!
I wonder how closely any of these translations come to the origina. Did it loose it’s original feel in translation!
A little extra fun on this the last day of NaPoWriMo

4/30/16

For:

A to Z Challenge
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/?m=1

NaPoWriMo
http://www.napowrimo.net/

Yesterdays

on this new journey
lives all my yesterdays and
hopes for tomorrow

For:

A to Z Challenge

http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/?m=1

NaPoWriMo

http://www.napowrimo.net/

WP Prompt: Solitude

Snow on the beach at Coney Island in Brooklyn taken on a snowy day…

Taken in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. This is under a canopy of well entwined trees, across from the Japanese Garden.  With limbs low enough to perch on with legs swinging while letting the imagination roam, it’s a child’s dream. Adults too! But, of course you can’t,  it is forbidden. One can only dream:)

Pat R

4/28/16

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/solitude/

Feather

Photo Credit: Google Images

a downy feather
gently surfs the summer breeze
on its own

Pat R

4/28/16

Carpe Diem Haiku

XYZ of it

hearts pitter-patter
delicious pheromone fog –
the XYZ of it

Pat R

4/28/16

Teach Me Tonight by Amy Winehouse

I didn’t really know much about her. Turns out she was a mess, but who isn’t? I really liked the way she covered this old classic Teach Me Tonight.

For:

A to Z Challenge

http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/?m=1

For NaPoWriMo

http://www.napowrimo.net/day-twenty-eight-2/#comment-25686

Echoes of my Neighborhood

This is a view of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Promonade

How about this entryway, fabulous.

Well, I was stalking the wholesale plant market again this week.

For A cooking Pot and Twisted Tales

Pat R

4/27/16

Writing

writing – soul surfing
corrals demons on paper
sometimes in ink
most times in blood
chasing sanity

Pat R

4/27/16

For:

For A to Z …letter “W”

&

NaPoWriMo

Venue

Jazz venue on tap
spellbound crowd – aah! Tenor sax!
memories made of this..

4/24/16

For A to Z…letter V

&

NaPoWriMo