!! Open for your submissions next Sunday February 2nd at 7:00 PM (CET) !!
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
Welcome at a new weekend meditation here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, that nice special feature for the weekend. I think you all have noticed that I didn't publish on last Thursday and Friday, my excuses for that, I had a very busy (and tough) week, so I hadn't time to publish on those days.
This weekend I love to challenge you to create a Renga with several haiku poets. Your task is to add the two-lined stanza towards it. You can choose your own "line-up", but have to start with the haiku I will give first. So this Renga With ... is a kind of Hineri, with a twist.
Here are the six haiku to use, the first given haiku has to be your hokku (starting verse) and is a beauty created by Jane Reichhold (1937-2016).
beach diamonds
a new day crystallized
in sunny surf foam
© Jane Reichhold
cold spring breeze
makes the cherry blossom shiver
one heartbeat long
© Chèvrefeuille
The wind from Mt. Fuji
I put it on the fan.
Here, a souvenir from Edo
© Basho (Tr. Ryu Yotsuya)
watch birth and death:
the lotus has already
opened its flower.
© Soseki Natsume (Tr. Soiku Shigematsu)
dervishes whirling
- seeking a higher consciousness
third eye opens
© Chèvrefeuille
flute melodies
across green ocean waves
spring meadows
© Jane Reichhold
Six wonderful haiku to work with I think, not an easy task, but I think and belief that you all can do it. Enjoy this Renga With ...
This weekend meditation is open for your submissions next Sunday February 2nd at 7:00 PM (CET) and will remain open until February 9th at noon (CET). Have a great weekend.
Share your Renga With ... with us all here at our wonderful Kai, the place to be if you like to create Japanese poetry and share it with the world. Have an awesome weekend!
| 1. | Kim M. Russell | 3. | Dolores | ||
| 2. | cie | 4. | Sara McNulty |
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