Carpe Diem Utabukuro #4 tears falling

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Last Saturday I hadn't enough time during several circumstances, to create a new CD Utabukuro episode in which I ask you to share a favorite haiku by yourself or by another haiku poet. You have to tell why you have chosen that haiku and to share an all new haiku inspired on your favorite haiku.

The following haiku I wrote in remembrance of my older brother who died almost 20 years ago of lungcancer. I am still missing him, because we were always together and we loved each other dearly. I remember the day he died as if it was yesterday. It was on a Sunday (September 3rd 1995) morning. As we hurried to the hospital I saw a woman in travail. Later that day I heard that she had given birth to a boy ... I immediately thought "my brother has moved on and is reborn in that little boy born at the same moment".

tears falling
on silk pillows
life has gone

life has gone
leaving me powerless
such sadness

such sadness
on this grave of my brother
tears falling

(c) Chèvrefeuille

Credits: Old grave-stone between field flowers

Back in 1995 I was so glad that I had my haiku to write down all my feelings and sorrow. Haiku is the poetry of nature and death is part of nature too. Haiku can be soothing in times of sorrow and sadness ... so write/compose your haiku straight from your heart.

on his grave
a vase full of colorful flowers
to honor him

(c) Chèvrefeuille

Wow ... ! This is a nice haiku, full of feelings ... not a strong one maybe, but it says all that what I am still feeling twenty years after the death of my brother.

This Utabukuro episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until Saturday July 18th at noon (CET). Share your haiku inspired on your favorite haiku ... have fun!

Carpe Diem #519 Chiyo-Ni (4), ''that is all there is ...'' (in loving memory of the passengers of the Malaysian Airplane attack)

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

While The Netherlands are having again a very hot summer day I have to write a new episode for our haiku-community. And this time I love to share a haiku by Chiyo-Ni and I hope it will also be a tribute to our fellow Dutch people who have died in the recently plane-attack in the Ukraine air. An airplane of Malaysian Airlines was shot down by some aggresively people who are fighting about a piece of land.
In this plane there were 192 Dutch people, all have died .... it was a very sad day in our history ... our whole country is in mourn ... and are all hoping that there will be clearification for what has happened there. My thoughts are with all those who stay behind with empty hands and the loss of their loved ones. Rest In Peace.

I hope this haiku I have chosen for today's episode will give words to my feelings and that it will give some comfort to those who are left behind ....

cool clear water
and fireflies that vanish
that is all there is...

© Chiyo-Ni

Credits: Dew Drops

The goal is to write a new haiku in the same sense, tone and spirit as the one given by Chiyo-Ni ... can I write/compose a new haiku?

lost lives
leaving just tears -
morning dew

© Chèvrefeuille

It wasn't easy to write this haiku ... my heart is in mourn ... and tears rolling over my cheeks ... there is only one question which remains ... Why?

This episode is NOW ALREADY OPEN to give you all room to write your haiku in tribute to those who lost their lives in the recent airplane-attack ................... This episode will close for your submissions July 22nd at noon (CET)

silent witness
between the pieces
a flower blooms