Tag Archives: Carpe Diem Special

In the Falling Snow – Carpe Diem Special

Posted on December 9, 2014 by becca givens

Carpe Diem Special Challenge: Compose an all new haiku in the same spirit as Richard Wright’s “in the falling snow” In the falling snow A laughing boy holds out his palms Until they are white ~~~~~~~~~~~ Glittering us white Flurries … Continue reading →

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Prison Dreaming

Posted on November 17, 2014 by becca givens

Carpe Diem Special Challenge: Compose an all new haiku in the same spirit as Tomas Tranströmer’s “mother of stone” with a touch of romance Night—a twelve-wheeler goes by making the dreams of the inmates shiver The boy drinks his milk … Continue reading →

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Fragmented Heart – CD Special

Posted on October 22, 2014 by becca givens

  Carpe Diem Special Challenge: Compose an all new haiku in the same spirit as Shiba Sonome’s “longing for someone” longing for someone I sit by the gate and draw eyebrows on a melon ~~~~~~~~~~~ fragmented heart silhouetted in moonlight … Continue reading →

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Sunrise Lavender – CD Special

Posted on October 16, 2014 by becca givens

Carpe Diem Special Challenge:   Compose an all new haiku in the same spirit as Shiba Sonome’s “an oak deep in the woods” yo ni hito no shiranu hana ari miyama shii some blossoms there are that nobody sees— an oak … Continue reading →

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Stained by Moonlight

Posted on April 4, 2014 by becca givens

Kristjaan Panneman, host of Carpe Diem challenges us with the first Carpe Diem Special of this month titled “illumined by moonlight”.  This month the featured haiku-poet is Soen Nakagawa.  Nakagawa was Taiwanese-born Japanese rōshi and Zen Buddhist master in the … Continue reading →

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