Carpe Diem #1474 path into oblivion

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new episode of our beautiful inspiring Haiku Kai were we are having a great time with our July -theme "Imagination Without Limits" or in other words ... creating Japanese poetry inspired on a given image.

path into oblivion (photo (c) Chèvrefeuille)

Another nice scene from one of the many parks in my hometown. Look at that light play through the leaves, the fading colors of the pond and the disappearing of the blue sky into a kind of vague white. It's a crossroad ... which direction will I take? Were does that path lead me to? Does that path lead me into oblivion? It's up to you now ...

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until July 19th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode, a new weekend-meditation, later on. For now ... have fun, be inspired and share your Japanese poetry with us all.

Carpe Diem #1467 bench in the park

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

This month I hope to inspire you through images I found on Internet, but also images made by myself. This month I hope to show you sometimes images taken in my hometown, Lelystad The Netherlands, for example today I love to inspire you through an image taken in a park just around the corner in my neighborhood. I hope this image inspires you.

Bench in the park

This park is just around the corner of my home. It's a nice park to walk the dog and go out fishing, but this park to me is also a place to meditate and contemplate. I often sit down on one of the benches and let my thoughts go where ever they want to go. Just sitting there in silence ... it gives me new energy and inspiration.

without thoughts
the sun cherishes my naked body
day dreaming

© Chèvrefeuille

I can hear you think ... "really? naked in the middle of the neighborhood?" Yes it's true of course without offending other people in the park. (smiles)

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until July 10th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode later on. For now ... enjoy the peace and silence of the park.

Carpe Diem #1255 City Park

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

This month it's all about Imagination Without Limits. Through only images we try to create Japanese poetry. And today I have a beautiful image (taken by myself) of the City Park just around the corner of my home.

I remember that I used this image once for a haiga which I published on Wonder Haiku Worlds, I am a long time member of this website and back in 2011 there were 11 haiku/senryu created by me part of a world wide Anthology "Spasms Of Light". Wonder Haiku Worlds is in my opinion a nice website to find several haiku, senryu, tanka and lots of other Japanese poetry forms. For sure worth to visit.

Here is your CD Imagination for today:

City Park (photo by Chèvrefeuille)

As you all know I am busy with a new kind of haiku-ing, experimental haiku so to say. So for this episode of CDHK's CD Imagination I have created the following haiku:

spring wind
reeds tremble
a frog jumps

© Chèvrefeuille (experimental haiku)

A "wink" towards that famous haiku by Basho, which we have seen here at CDHK very often.

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7:00 PM (CET) and will remain open until September 20th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, a new weekend-meditation, later on today. A preview of our next CD Imagination you can find at our CDHK Tumblr.