Ada's Poetry Alcove

beneath the petalsonly shadow movementbrings awareness I have written poetry on and off since I was in 4th grade. From 2017 until 2021, I wrote at least one haiku and haibun a day, sometimes up to ten haiku or other freverse poems. Then I just stopped. I’ve not written much since covid. Less than 30 poems a year. So I thought I’d restart today. My first Prompt is from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe…

along the horizona dust cloud rises and swoopsa strange bird of prey

Carpe Diem haiku Kai: Sunday Time Challenge #2: rainbow weeding the gardenforeboding afternoon sky graced with a rainbow ~~~~~~~~~~~~ misstep in puddlea rainbow swirls and clingsto my new boots Sunday morningmy grandchild ask me to sewa rainbow tie ~~~~~~~~~~~~ quiet eveningthrough bare branchesa pale rainbow early eveningthree fish swim thoughrainbow on my floor

Return of Carpe Diem Haiku Kia

Hopefully this is the return of regular postings at Carpe Diem. Playing catch up since I was not aware Kristjaan was posting again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1857: a meditation. stormy weatherwith the dawn a fallen oakcry of a new grandchild ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Weekend Meditation #100: waves of love sleepless…

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1358 Clouds down the beachat the height of winter wavesmist clouds                                    © Jane Reichhold  summer sands carried back to seamy heart shrinks with the beach     © Dolores Fegan

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1854 morning awakenings morning awakenings:among window curtains’ flowera blade of gray sky © Alexey Andreyev another day endsreaching for the stars and the mooninto the dreamworld © Chèvrefeuille ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ task to create a “crossroads” haiku. stars and the moonmerge…

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1853 Sparkling Dew (Tan Renga) morning sunthe twinkle of starsstill in the dew  © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) morning sunthe twinkle of starsstill in the dew                     © Jane Reichholdmy grandson pours the contentsfrom one leaf to another.       © Dolores Fegan

Carpe Diem’s Sunday Time Challenge #1: Pebbles fallen bird seedamong the fresh laid pebblessunflowers sprout

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1851 A Wandering Spirit ろーすと・あんど・あろーん・あ・わんだーいんぐ・すぴらっと・びにーす・ざ・さん roosuto ando aroon a wandaaingu supiratto biniisu za san lost and alonea wandering spiritbeneath the sun © よざくら (Yozakura) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ unknown poetwords sprawled in a notebookyellow and fade hope in ashesfragments of dust clingto the edge of dreams

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Celebrates Its 9th Anniversary: #1850 dried grass tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru falling sick on a journeymy dream goes wanderingover a field of dried grass © Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille) ~~~ Pandemic lockdownhospice patients passwithout witness Autumn walkdecapitated mushroomsline the path ~~~ Unending rainBlack spot and root rotEmbrace the…

Carpe Diem #1848 Harvest clamor of crowssnakes through morning mistsettling in trees pinched with thumbgrass seed scattercrickets chirp

Carpe Diem #1848 Harvest changing weatherburnished fields of goldreflect autumn sky ~~~~~~~ morning dewgoldfinch echo autumn’s joyexploring garden ~~~~~~~ whirr of locustintensity matching afternoon heatsip of cool water

morning downpourraised to new heightsafternoon clouds thankful for rainto make landscape blossom desert soundsout of the sun’s wayclouds moving open car creating breezesearching for scenery change beach tent billowsin the summer bluewhite clouds tumbling out we raceinto the foaming surf dancing lightsclouds sprinkle the sunacross water We wander the shoresearching for new…

Trying to Restart Again

Carpe Diem #1846 Trying to restart again wet springdiscarding drown plantssetting new seedlings replacing flowersby the cold wet stonespring hatchlings chirptears dried, visits lessenconversation growing thin

Carpe Diem #1845 Troiku Challenge: Summertime at the seashore wind of summer through my hairthe shortest night © Chèvrefeuille ummer through my hair               at the seashorelast embers of sunsetdance on the water wind of summer through my hairmixture of lotion and brineengulf the shore the shortest nightblazing stars give wayto fiery sunrise

Carpe Diem #1844 Returning Back To Normal (I Hope) cautious journeymeeting newest grandsonten months late  summertime journeyobscure paths exploredstill social distancing

Carpe Diem #1843 Troiku Challenge 1: Mist Clouds roaring down the beachat the height of winter wavesmist clouds © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) roaring down the beachtufts of white foamflapping in the wind at the height of winter wavessurfers gearing up to catchwind fetch gracing coast mist cloudsramble the rock faceheightening the surge