Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
First ... my dad is doing well Next Monday he will be released from the hospital ... I am grateful that he survived his major heart attack. Thank you all for your thoughts, warm words and prayers.
Today we have our last CD Special of July. It was really a joy to introduce Adjei Agyei Baah here at CDHK and I am grateful that he would be our featured haiku poet this month. Thank you Adjei. I am glad that we had the opportunity to meet eachother trhough haiku. It feels great to have an African haiku poet here at CDHK.
Adjei has recently launched his own weblog Afrikuland it looks great and I have complimented him with his weblog. His weblog is certainly worth a visit.
The following haiku he emailed me before the launch of his weblog, I know for sure that he also will publish them at his own weblog, but of course I have to "fill" this CD Special.
amenbou (water strider)
slowly
unseating the pond skater
from his water throne
harmattan winds
from his water throne
harmattan winds
in his
world alone
a water strider resting
on his shadow bed
a water strider resting
on his shadow bed
Origami frog (Utabukuro)
origami
frog
plead the kids to find your voice
when the night come
plead the kids to find your voice
when the night come
origami
frog
frozen in its trail
no jump over the moon
frozen in its trail
no jump over the moon
On Strawberry
planting
kisses
of strawberry breath
summer waves
of strawberry breath
summer waves
filling her
dimples
with strawberries
summer camp
with strawberries
summer camp
two flavors
on our wild romance
vanilla & strawberry
on our wild romance
vanilla & strawberry
Jasmine
Jasmine
P-l-e-e-e-e-a-s-e
just be mine
P-l-e-e-e-e-a-s-e
just be mine
Midsummer
midsummer
blues–
the wild memories of
a skirt-chaser
© Adjei Agyei-Baah, Ghana
the wild memories of
a skirt-chaser
© Adjei Agyei-Baah, Ghana
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| Credits: Afrikuland |
Adjei wrote a wonderful Soliloquy No Renga for our last Tokubetsudesu episode. I think he has done a great job on it and I am glad to share it here with you ...
Soliloquy No Renga Challenge
Hokku:
Ah! those
cherry blossoms
their beauty amazes me again -
finally spring is here
their beauty amazes me again -
finally spring is here
visitors
bask in fragrance
of white confetti showers
of white confetti showers
birds chirp
in frenzy
as hearty chat fills benches
Cupid’s arrow flies by
as hearty chat fills benches
Cupid’s arrow flies by
busy hands
penning hokku
as cameras seize the moment
as cameras seize the moment
the leaden
skies add
background to the artist’s pen
no need for abstract
background to the artist’s pen
no need for abstract
ah! cherry
blossoming blast–
come take a white carpet walk!
come take a white carpet walk!
© Adjei
Agyei-Baah, Ghana
All wonderful poems as I may say so. Adjei is a very talented haiku poet and I hope to read a lot more of his work in the future ...
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| Lilies of the Valley |
lilies of the valley
their sweet perfume makes me drowsy
hot summer night
hot summer night
between silken sheets her warmth
honeysuckle coolness
© Chèvrefeuille
I hope you did like this CD-Special and that it will inspire you to write an all new haiku or tanka. This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until July 28th at noon (CET). I will (try to) publish our new episode, tentoumushi or Lady bug, later on.
PS.: During lack of time I will not publish a new episode of our special feature "Utabukuro" and there will be also no "Time Glass" episode ... I hope to do them next week again. I hope you all will forgive me ...
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