Tag: #haiku

• 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 […]

  Smitha V

  July 4, 2020

  Poetry

  #beauty, #carpediem -1826, #grateful, #haiku, #juxtaposition, #lockdowndiaries, #monsoons, #mumbairains, #nature, #rains, #simplepleasures

• 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 […]

  Smitha V

  July 2, 2020

  Poetry

  #apokoinou, #birds, #carpediem, #haiku, #haikukai, #japanesepoetry, #nature, #shortpoem, #urgency

• 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.

  Smitha V

  June 10, 2020

  Art

  #doors, #haiku, #lockdowndiaries, #painting, #watercolors, Art, Poetry

• 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 […]

  Smitha V

  December 22, 2017

  Poetry

  #carpe diem 1399 rebirth, #carpe-diem-haiku-kai, #death, #haiku, #life, #love, #memories, #nature, #paulocoelhonovelthefifthmountain, #rebirth, #rememberyou, #tanka, #tanka sequence, Poetry

• Carpe Diem #1326 : Transformation… Older or Wiser?

  

  Haiku for the quote from Paulo Coelho’s book “Brida”

  Smitha V

  December 18, 2017

  Poetry

  #carpe -diem1326 revelation, #carpe-diem-haiku-kai, #equals, #foodforthought, #haiku, #life, #paulocoelhonovelbrida, #quotefrombrida, #truth, Poetry