!! 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.
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