Carpe Diem #1222 Beach

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new episode of our daily haiku meme Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. This month we are exploring classical and non-classical kigo (seasonwords) for summer and today we have an other nice modern kigo extracted from Jane Reichhold's "A Dictionary of Haiku", a modern Saijiki.

Today our prompt is beach and I think this kigo doesn't need any explanation, so here are a few haiku by Jane which she wrote for this modern kigo.

Beach

darkening beach
the warmth of a person's eyes
for the sinking sun

scattered in sand
embers of a saltwood fire
face to face with stars

shell beach
wind blowing through
a train whistle

a windless day
the beach colored
sea foam

© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)

Four beauties I would say. Jane was in my opinion, one of the best modern haiku poets. She was renown all over the globe and has been my co-host for two years. She is still missed. Her spirit is moving here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.

And here are a few haiku created by myself, maybe not that clear for summer, but very clear for beach:

snow?
the beach covered with foam
last night's storm

torn apart clothes
thrown against a beach pole
a winter's love

© Chèvrefeuille

Beach Love

hot summer night
the sweet scent of Honeysuckle
arouses the senses

the sound of waves
accompanies hot steamy love -
seagulls cry

© Chèvrefeuille

And to conclude this episode about the beach, I have another haiku for you to share:

a whisper of rain
awakens me gently
morning on the beach

© Chèvrefeuille

I hope I have inspired you with this episode full of the beauty of the beach.

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7:00 PM (CET) and will remain open until July 23rd at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, Raspberry (Kiichigo), later on. For now .. just have fun!

Share your haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form inspired on this theme for today with us all here at our Haiku Kai, the place to be if you like to write and share Japanese poetry.

1.	Xenia Tran	7.	petra domina	13.	Pat R
2.	Isabel Caves	8.	Paloma	14.	Pat R 2
3.	Kim M. Russell	9.	Virginia Popescu	15.	Blake
4.	milan rajkumar	10.	Cressida	16.	Sara McNulty
5.	gillena	11.	Dolores
6.	tournesol	12.	Sky

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