Friday, December 4, 2015

Carpe Diem Special #185 Georgia's first "Autumn Reflections" (Troiku)

Credits: logo CD-Special December 2015

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

It's my pleasure and with pride that I welcome you at the first Carpe Diem Special of December. This month's featured haiku-poetess (and winner of our "peace of mind" - kukai) Georgia (a.k.a. Bastet) of Bastet and Sekhmets Library

Georgia won our "peace of mind" kukai with the following haiku:

rain drips
off the old bamboo wind-chimes
serenity


© Georgia
A real winner I think, and you all thought so too, because you were the judges yourself. For this first CD-Special I have chosen to share a Troiku composed by Georgia with you all. As you maybe know I have invented the "troiku" a creative way of writing haiku. More about Troiku you can find in de menu above.


Credits: autumn reflections

autumn reflections
as I cross the sun warmed bridge
geese fly south
autumn reflections
old man contemplates winter
under the hot sun
as I cross the sun warmed bridge
ducks laugh downstream
– diving for trout
geese fly south
the noisy swallows have gone
but the blackbird sings
 


© Georgia


And the challenge, as you all know, for the CD-specials is to write an all new haiku, tanka or in this specific episode, a troiku, inspired on the given one trying to touch the same sense, tone and spirit. I am looking forward to all of your responses.

This CD-Special is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until December 7th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our next episode, men of this world;  picking up rice seedlings; backpack and sword, later on.


Share your haiku, tanka, choka or troiku inspired on this beautiful poem by Georgia with us all here at our Haiku Kai.
1. Rheumatologe  9. opie houston  17. Tournesol 2  
2. joanna  10. ladyleemanila  18. Rall  
3. Carol Campbell  11. Robert Scales  19. Dolores  
4. Candy  12. humbird  20. Sara McNulty  
5. Bastet  13. Todd Julio  21. Nimi Arora  
6. Hamish  14. Gloria Luncinda Southworth  22. Afrikuland  
7. Paloma  15. Tournesol  
8. kaykuala  16. jazzytower  

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9 comments:

  1. Can't hope to emulate Georgia's beautiful work. Yet I loved trying to write a troika in the same vein

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  2. Thanks for this special. I like the troiku and Geogia's prompt has been inspirational.

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  3. Thank you for this lovely introduction to my work Chèvrefeuille and also thank you very much for choosing a troiku to introduce my work, it is a beautiful form which I enjoy using very much. Bastet (Georgia)

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  4. Thanks Georgia, your troiku flows in a way that is hard to do - very hard!

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  5. Very moving and inspirational troiku....I feel there with your characters....

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  6. glad to try, a powerful poetry form.

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  7. Great troiku Georgia ! Congratulations on your win !

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