Carpe Diem Special #122, Richard Wright's 3rd haiku "The Violet Beds"

!! I am a little bit late with publishing I am sorry !!

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Another CD-Special is starting today. As you all know our featured haiku poet this month is Richard Wright and he has written a lot of haiku. So I can choose from a very broad range of haiku. Not an easy task, but it's really a joy.
I didn't know Richard Wright and as learned to know him I was stunned, because he wrote more than 4000 haiku in just 2 years ... I have written a lot of haiku, but I never have written that much in almost two years. So he is really a great haiku poet.
For this CD-Special I love to challenge you a little bit. As you maybe know I have created the Troiku as you can find above in the menu. It's a kind of creativity with haiku ... in short you have to use every line of the haiku (three in total) as the starting line for a new haiku. The Troiku is created as you have written three new haiku. I love to challenge you, but remember it's not an obligation, to turn the given haiku by Richard Wright into a Troiku.

Richard Wright (1908-1960)

I give permission
For this slow spring rain to soak
The violet beds.

© Richard Wright

A nice haiku I think. If you will try your hand at Troiku than you have to use the three separated lines as the starting line of a new haiku. I will (try to) give an example:

first haiku: starting with "I give permission"

I give permission

to visit the ancient temples -

go on bare feet

© Chèvrefeuille

second haiku: starting with "for this slow spring rain to soak"

for this slow spring rain to soak

I warn you and your laundry

it will become wet

© Chèvrefeuille

third haiku: starting with "the violet beds"

the violet beds

look like a rainbow in the sky

garden festival

© Chèvrefeuille

Ok ... not a strong example, but it is just to show you how I see the troiku. Of course you may also write one all new haiku in the same sense, tone and spirit as the one by Richard Wright.

Violets

I also will give my inspired haiku in which I hope to catch, in a certain way, the spirit of Richard Wright:

children's laughter

playing in the fresh puddles

trampling the clouds

© Chèvrefeuille

Well ... I think you have enough inspiration ... so I am looking forward to all of your wonderful haiku and I hope you will try your hand on Troiku.

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until December 18th at noon (CET). I will (try to) post our new episode, a new Ghost Writer post, later on. For now ... have fun!

Share your inspired haiku in the same spirit as the one given with us all or try your hand on a troiku.

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