Carpe Diem's Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty starts January 15th 10.00 PM (CET)

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two times a "retreat" one in summer and one in winter. This year I will do four (4) retreats following the seasons. Of course I am aware of the fact that the seasons are different on the Northern- and Southern Hemisphere, but because I am living on the Northern hemisphere I follow those seasons.

It's a wonderful way to give you the opportunity to create haiku, tanka, haiga or tank-art every day on a theme. For the Spring Retreat 2017 I have chosen the theme "fragile beauty" which refers to the fragile start of nature after the dark and cold winter. Every "retreat" will be organized around the middle of the season, so this Spring Retreat 2017 starts on January 15th (10.00 PM (CET)) and will run to February 15th (10.00 PM (CET)). It's a period of 30 days and I hope to inspire you to create every day of those 30 days a haiku or tanka themed "fragile beauty".

As I did at the announcement of our "winter retreat" I love to share a haiga to give you an idea od our new theme "fragile beauty".

first cherry blossom
so fragile, so beautiful
at least spring

© Chèvrefeuille

I hope this new retreat will inspire you an will give us the beauty we love so much.

You can link your haiku, tanka, haiga or tank-art to the linking widget as always, but please give your submissions, a number (e,g, day 1 than your submission is 1, day 2 is your submissions 2 ... and so on).

Try to catch the fragile beauty in your poetry, There is no need to use "fragile beauty" in your peotry you can also give a slight reference towards "fragile beauty".

The Spring Retreat 2017 "fragile beauty" starts January 15th 10.00 PM (CET). I hope to see you all here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai to celebrate spring 2017.

Share your haiku, tanka, haiga or tank-art inspired on our Spring Retreat 2017 theme "fragile beauty" with us all here at our Haiku Kai. The submission period (30 days) opens January 15th 10.00 PM (CET). Have fun!

1.	Virginia Popescu (1)	43.	Virginia Popescu (9)	85.	Elsie Hagley Day 19
2.	Elsie Hagley	44.	Dolores (7)	86.	Dolores (17)
3.	Kim M. Russell 1	45.	Dolores (8)	87.	Elsie Hagley . Day 20
4.	Kim M. Russell 2	46.	Kim M. Russell 9	88.	Virginia Popescu (20)
5.	Virginia Popescu (2)	47.	Elsie Hagley Day 8	89.	Virginia Popescu (21)
6.	Ese	48.	Virginia Popescu (10)	90.	Dolores
7.	Elsie Hagley - Day 2	49.	Dolores	91.	Dolores
8.	Virginia Popescu (3)	50.	Kim M. Russell 10	92.	Elsie Hagley Day 21
9.	Elsie Hagley Day 3	51.	Elsie Hagley . Day 9	93.	Virginia Popescu (22)
10.	B i r g i t t a	52.	Virginia Popescu (11)	94.	Elsie Hagley Day 22
11.	B i r g i t t a (2)	53.	Kim M. Russell 11	95.	Chèvrefeuille 5
12.	B i r g i t t a (3)	54.	Elsie Hagley . Day 10	96.	Chèvrefeuille (6)
13.	Ese 二	55.	Virginia Popescu (12)	97.	Chèvrefeuille (7) a tanka
14.	Kim M. Russell 3	56.	Dolores	98.	Dolores 20
15.	Chèvrefeuille, your host	57.	Elsie Hagley Day 11	99.	Virginia Popescu (23)
16.	Ese 三	58.	Kim M. Russell 12	100.	Dolores
17.	B i r g i t t a (4)	59.	Elsie Hagley Day 12	101.	Elsie Hagley . Day 23
18.	Virginia Popescu (4)	60.	Virginia Popescu (13)	102.	Virginia Popescu (24)
19.	Kim M. Russell 4	61.	Dolores	103.	Dolores
20.	Dolores	62.	Kim M. Russell 13	104.	Virginia Popescu (25)
21.	Dolores (2)	63.	Elsie Hagley . Day 13	105.	Dolores (23)
22.	Elsie Hagley Day 4	64.	Virginia Popescu (14)	106.	Elsie Hagley . day 24
23.	Virginia Popescu (5)	65.	Kim M. Russell 14	107.	Virginia Popescu (26)
24.	Dolores (3)	66.	Dolores (12)	108.	Elsie Hagley Day 25
25.	Kim M. Russell 5	67.	Elsie Hagley Day 14	109.	Virginia Popescu (27)
26.	Elsie Hagley - Day 5	68.	Virginia Popescu (15)	110.	Elsie Hagley Day 26
27.	Virginia Popescu (6)	69.	Dolores (13)	111.	Elsie Hagley Day 27
28.	B i r g i t t a (5-8)	70.	Kim M. Russell 15	112.	Virginia Popescu (28)
29.	Dolores	71.	lynn__(1)	113.	Elsie Hagley Day 28
30.	Dolores (5)	72.	Elsie Hagley Day 15	114.	Virginia Popescu (29)
31.	Ese 四	73.	Popescu Virginia (16)	115.	Dolores -24
32.	Kim M. Russell 6	74.	Dolores	116.	Solores
33.	Elsie Hagley Day 6	75.	Kim M. Russell 16	117.	Dolores (36)
34.	Virginia Popescu (7)	76.	Elsie Hagley Day 16	118.	Elsie Hagley Day 29
35.	Dolores (6)	77.	Chèvrefeuille	119.	Elsie Hagley . Day 30
36.	Elsie Hagley Day 7	78.	Virginia Popescu (17)	120.	Virginia Popescu (30)
37.	Kim M. Russell 7	79.	Dolores (15)	121.	Dolores
38.	Ese 五	80.	Elsie Hagley Day 18	122.	Dolores (28)
39.	Virginia Popescu (8)	81.	Elsie Hagley Day 17	123.	Dolores (29)
40.	Chèvrefeuille (2)	82.	Virginia Popescu (18)	124.	Dolores
41.	Chèvrefeuille (3)	83.	Dolores (16)
42.	Kim M.Russell 8	84.	Virginia Popescu (19)

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