Tag: #haiku
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Carpe Diem #1826 – Magic of Monsoons
Today Chevrefeuille challenges us to writing a haiku in which we use “juxtaposition”. JUXTAPOSITION Any time unlike things bump up against each other, you can describe it as a juxtaposition. Imagine a funeral mourner telling jokes graveside, and you get the idea — the juxtaposition in this case is between grief and humor. Juxtaposition of […]
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Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – Flight of birds
The last time I took part in Carpe Diem’s Haiku Kai was in November 2017. With the lockdown extending, I’ve decided to participate again this year after a gap of two and a half years. Below are the rules this time: ‘In this first episode after the Covid-19 crisis I love to introduce to you […]
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Lockdown diaries : Doors
I wrote a haiku based on my below water color paintings of doors. Let me know what you think. Entrance doors- a face Shut, stand guard; tell a story Of the lives behind Copyright©2020.lifeateacher.wordpress.com. All Rights Reserved.
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Carpe Diem #1329 – Rebirth…I see Thee in the Flowers.
For today’s quote, I wrote a Tanka Sequence or Tanka String as it is called (a group of Tankas related to each other. A Tanka for those who are not aware is Japanese poetry written in sentences following the 5-7-5-7-7 syllables pattern. Today’s quote is: […] “The ashes of the dead … will become the […]
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Carpe Diem #1326 : Transformation… Older or Wiser?
Haiku for the quote from Paulo Coelho’s book “Brida”