Carpe Diem #638, New Year's Eve (Shinnen)

!! I am a bit early with publishing, because of a busy day !!

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Happy New Year to you all. I am looking forward to another year full of gorgeous CDHK prompts and wonderful haiku. You all could have read in our prompt-list for January that all our prompts this month are classical kigo (seasonwords) for New Year (the fifth seasons, according to ancient Japanese history). An all new year lays ahead of us and as we all (maybe) do we have good thoughts and ideas as a new year starts e.g "make more time for the kids and grandkids" or "quitting smoking".
I have no intentions to change something in my life this year. I like my life as it is, maybe the only good intention is that I hope to comment on time here at CDHK and of course I will try to make an even better year of CDHK.

Happy New Year in Japanese

Today I start with our first prompt of January 2015, New Year's Eve (Shinnen), no need to explain that I think. So I will just share a few haiku on New Year's Eve for your inspiration.

A haiku by Issa:

kageboshi mo mame sokusai de gyokei kana

my shadow too
in good health...
"Happy New Year!"

Another one by Issa:

toshidama cha doko wo megutte mata modoru

New Year's gift of tea--
where did you go
on your journey back to me?

Both are wonderful "new year" haiku. Let me look at a few haiku by Basho on New Year:

haru tatsu ya  shin-nen furuki  kome go-shoo

has spring already come?
I feel wealthy this New Year
with five sho of old rice

ganjitsu ya  omoeba sabishi  aki no kure

New Year's Day
I feel lonely just like
an autumn evening

And what do you think of this one by our unknown haiku-poet Yozakura?

nanimokawara nai  mainichionaji kono atarashii toshini naru desho u

nothing changes

every day will be the same

this new year

All beauties I think ... will not be easy to write a haiku (or two) with the same strength, but I have to try:

New Year's Eve

the sound of fireworks resonates 

against the snow

(C) Chèvrefeuille

Or this one:

after the fireworks
the rustling of bare branches
nothing has changed

(C) Chèvrefeuille

Awesome ... I like that second haiku very much ... (how immodest), but sometimes I have to give myself a tap on the shoulder (smiles). I hope you did like this post and of course I hope it will inspire you all to write all new haiku and share them with us.

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until January 3rd at noon (CET). Have fun!