Carpe Diem Haiku - Buttercup

young buttercup

your beauty poisonous

yet so innocent

Carpe Diem Haiku - Creation by Gillena Cox

A topic so vast can only be dealt with by focusing on the tiniest details...

it disturbs me-

if I step on an acorn

I break an entire future forest

Haiku Shuukan - Jacob's Ladder

alone in the meadow

do raindrops make a tiny sound

when they tap your bells?

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Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge, "One Yellow Leaf" by Jen of Blog It or Lose It

clinging to the bank

where water wrestles with rock

one yellow leaf

remembered for its struggle

as much as for its beauty

dVerse Poetics: Around the World - A Sting

bare
hot
sun

scorpion
on my
fingertip
-the balance

the fragile shade
like a razor blade
cuts the sweat loose
from under the brim

of my soaking, wet hat

perspiration drops
onto eyelids

blink

slowly

don't make the scorpion dance

sweat stings too - a static shock
in eyes
the tail rises

the bedouins, my brothers
swords cast aside
quiet too, until the command
''remove your hand''
faster than the scorpion stings

the test to pass or fail
here at the Empty Quarter*
immobile tail, coiled
tight

''remove your hand!''

I fall, to the sand

*The Empty Quarter, the largest area of sand in the world, is found in the area between Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. There is no better place in the world. The best way to pass this test is indeed to fall forward into the sand, knocking the scorpion forward off your fingers, as shaking it loose is risky. Of course the real artisans place the scorpion gently on the sands. They are the ones who make love that evening to the woman of their dreams with the same, gentle caress. As for the rest of us who are not stung, we drink coffee and recite poetry around a campfire in the desert.

No-one loves poetry more than the bedouins, who will repeat each last word in every line you recite as they listen. A wonderful experience.

Carpe Diem Haiku, Canyon

voices voices bounce bounce back back

echoes from the canyon

breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe

Carpe Diem Haiku Special, BrunuhVille's "Riversong"

river runs

blood is always washed away with water

and more blood will be shed

LĪGO HAĪBUN CHALLENGE - WORD PROMPT WEEK

Greetings from deep in the forest, where electric outlets and wifi cover can be hard to find. Here I am though, at the Arctic ring, happy at last to get this post out, and keep my dream of publishing that haibun anthology.

We're actually building up to the LĪGO festival soon, so we'll have to do something special for that.

Until then I thought we'd bring in two word prompts particularly relevant to the young me- Remember to choose one and include it in your haibun in the word prompt week.

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Carpe Diem Haiku - Oness

my view

stretching for miles from my skin

where do I end and you begin?

...think about it