Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #36, JRB's "In a foreign field"

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Another Tan Renga Challenge is ahead of us. As you know we had, not so long ago, a new episode of CD's distillation feature. A wonderful poem composed by McCrae "In Flanders' Field". There were wonderful haiku-distillations from that poem and one of them was written by JRB of JRB's Haiku. As I read that haiku I was immediately "in love" with that haiku and I am proud that I may use JRB's haiku for this new Tan Renga Challenge.

The goal is to write a second stanza towards the haiku (first stanza) given. That second stanza of two lines (classical syllables count 7-7) is your task. With that second stanza you make the Tan Renga complete.

Here is the haiku (first stanza) by JRB:

in a foreign field
the wind still invokes their names
the blood red poppies

 (c) JRB

Credits: Red Poppies

And now it's up to you to write the second stanza to complete the Tan Renga.

This CD Tan Renga Challenge is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open ubtil May 30th at noon (CET). Have fun and be inspired.

  

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge #22, JRB's "The Sweetest of Dreams''

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Another week has gone, just a few weeks to go and than we will start a whole new year. I have great ideas to evolve our Haiku Kai and I hope you will stay part of this haiku-family. Today it's Friday December 13th and several people think this will bring bad luck, but I am not superstitious and so I love to share another Tan Renga Challenge with you all.
For this week's Tan Renga Challenge I have chosen a recent haiku written by JRB of Five-Seven-Five in response on ''Beatiful Dreams'', a beautiful music-video by Adrian von Ziegler. JRB has written this haiku and made it into a wonderful gorgeous Haiga. So first I will share that Haiga and after that I will reproduce the haiku as the starting verse of our new Tan Renga Challenge in which the goal is to complete the Tan Renga with your own second 7-7 stanza. Have fun and be inspired.

Isn't it a wonderful Haiga? I am sure you all like this Haiga and I hope to read wonderful continuations or completions of this Tan Renga.

Here is my attempt:

the sweetest of dreams
flowing like silk on her skin
sharp intake of breath                                              (JRB)

sharing blankets with my love
the afterwards coolness of silk                                  (Chèvrefeuille)

I had to complete this Tan Renga in the way I have done. The haiga by JRB gave me a strong sense of romance and sensuality ... so that brought me to this continuation ... I hope you all like this.

This Tan Renga Challenge episode will stay on until December 20th 11.59 AM (CET) and is NOW OPEN for your submissions.

PM: Soon to come a new Sneak Preview for next year.

Carpe Diem''s Tan Renga Challenge Month #IX, JRB''s ''By the shore''

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

I am a bit early with posting this episode of our Tan Renga Challenge Month, because of the fact that I am in the nightshift, so I don''t know if I have enough time later on today to post. There are a few features (e.g. Oku no Hosomichi) which had been published now, but ... during lack of time ... those features have to wait. I am sorry ...

Today our Tan Renga is started by JRB of JRB''s Haiku five-seven-five. JRB wrote this haiku in response of our prompt Shell last October. So here it is ...

by the shore
discarded lovers
broken shells

(c) JRB

Shell

A wonderful haiku accompanied by a nice image of Shells. So ... make this Tan Renga complete and share your completed Tan Renga with us all here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Here is my attempt to complete this Tan Renga.

by the shore
discarded lovers
broken shells                                               (JRB)

beneath my bare feet
a heart in the sand - heartbreaking                     (Chèvrefeuille)

To complete this Tan Renga I associated on ''discarded lovers'' ... it's a sad scene, but ... sadness also belongs to our emotions. Life isn't always what you dream of or wished for ... life can be tough.

This episode of Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge Month will stay open for your submissions until November 11th 11.59 AM (CET). !! This episode is open for your submissions at 7.00 PM (CET) !!

Have fun, be inspired and share your complete Tan Renga with our Haiku Kai.

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge #8, JRB's "inspiration flows"

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Another week has gone and so I have a new Tan Renga Challenge for you all. This week I have chosen a haiku written by JRB It was one of a haiku triplet on Inspiration (Carpe Diem prompt #246). I had asked him if I could use the second haiku of the triplet for our new Tan Renga Challenge #48, but I couldn't remember that. So I sought out all of your haiku and so discovered that it was a haiku by JRB which I would have used. So now this haiku I will use here with permission for this Tan Renga Challenge.
The Challenge is to write a second stanza (7-7) in response and associated on the first stanza (5-7-5) and make the Tan Renga complete. Please copy and paste the first stanza into your post and enclose the second stanza you have written.

Credits: Blue Butterfly

Here is the first stanza of this week's Tan Renga Challenge:

1st stanza (5-7-5)

gently fluttering
on shimmering wings of blue
inspiration flows                                  (JRB)

2nd stanza (7-7)

??????????????
??????????????

So be inspired and make this Tan Renga complete with your second stanza (7-7).

Here follows my completion of this Tan Renga started by JRB (smiles):

gently fluttering
on shimmering wings of blue
inspiration flows                                  (JRB)

beautiful and fragile
corn flowers sway on the breeze          (Chèvrefeuille)

Credits: Cornflower

Well ... I hope you enjoyed this new Tan Renga Challenge and I hope to read all wonderful completion of this wonderful haiku by JRB. Have fun and be inspired. This Tan Renga Challenge will stay on 'til August 5th 11.59 AM (CET) and around that time I will post our new Tan Renga Challenge.