PHOTO: Snowy Moonlit Night
white poppy
it must have bloomed
from a wintry shower
© Basho
no missed opportunity
would that I were so blessed
Pat R
12/29/17
For Carpe Diem Haiku
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Moonflower
ancient warriors ghosts
mists over the foreign highlands –
waiting for the full moon
© Chèvrefeuille
the realm of the moonflower
where everything’s possible
Pat R
12/29/17
For Carpe Diem Haiku
Tan Renga
The 2nd stanza given to create second Tan Renga:-
My attempt
flock of geese
a late departure –
boisterous © Pat R.
soft winter breeze cherishes
the last colorful leaves
© Chèvrefeuille
11/20/17
From our host:-
deep silence
the shrill of cicadas
seeps into rocks
© Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694)
soft winter breeze cherishes
the last colorful leaves
© Chèvrefeuille
For Carpe Diem Haiku
& For Thotpurge Micropoetry Month
Squared Tan Renga
Photo (not mine), is prompt
three raindrops
a greeting card from heaven…
midsummer heat. © Issa
the cool of sudden downpour
mingle with smell of parched earth
© Pat R
flying away
following the rainbow
into heaven © Chèvrefeuille
to new life as butterfly bush
adorned with butterflies © Pat R
Pat R
9/10/17
For Carpe Diem Haiku
Ancient Road
ancient road…
the trails of the masters
absorbed in fallen leaves
© Adjei Agyei-Baah
now tales of ancient journeys
nurtured in splash of color
Pat R
5/27/17
For
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge
&
A Drop of Dew
a drop of dew
sits on a rock
like a diamond
© Kawabata Bosha
in its last hurrah before
surrendering to the sun
Pat R
5/27/17
A Taste of Nature
taste of nature–
sweet blackberry bushes
sing to child and bees© Sara McNulty
a taste of summer sunshine
on sticky little fingers
Pat R
5/18/17
For Carpe Diem Haiku
&
An Autumn Leaf
now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf
© Ryokan Taigu
as it falls through the stillness
a final playful tumble
Pat R
5/16/17
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Autumn Evening
autumn evening
like whispered prayers
leaves float away
© Dolores
a burst of color enroute
to its final resting place
Pat R
Footprints
two sets of footprints
in freshly fallen snow
one pair from Kyoto
© Hamish Managua Gunn
other hopes to get there by
spring – a solitary quest
Pat R
5/11/17
thoughts and entanglements 
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