Carpe Diem #1671 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (18) lightning flash

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at the last episode of this wonderful Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019. It was really a joy to create this month and I am glad to see all your responses. Thank you all for being part in this Tan Renga Challenge.

For this last episode of our TRC month I have chosen a haiku by my master, Matsuo Basho. This haiku is extracted from his renown haibun "The Small Road Into The Deep North", one of the most beautiful pieces of Japanese literature.

Here is the haiku to work with:

lightning flash–
what I thought were faces
are plumes of pampas grass

© Basho (Tr. unknown; taken from "The Small Road Into The Deep North")

Lightning Flash (above Athens, Greece)

What a spectacular photo this is. It fits the haiku by Basho in a great way and makes it easier to create your 2nd stanza to this Tan Renga I think.

This was the last episode of our Tan Renga Challenge Month and I hope you are inspired to complete the Tan Renga task.

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7:00 PM (CEST) and will remain open until June 6th at noon (CEST). I hope to publish our new (and first episode of June 2019) later on. For now ... have fun!

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #60 The Quest For A Masterpiece goes on ... journey

!! Open for your submissions next Sunday November 25th at 7:00 PM (CET) !!

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

It's time again for a new weekend meditation and this weekend I love to challenge you to create a haibun, without restrictions this time. As you all know I see Matsuo Basho as my sensei and I think you all know that his haibun "Oku No Hosomichi" (The Small Road Into The Deep North) is renown all over the world. Here at CDHK we have read that haibun together.
A haibun is a kind of travelling journal in which prose and haiku are in a kind of symbiosis. We have done several journeys here and we will for sure go on a journey again and our new journey will start next month. We will go on a journey along the Pan American Highway, a journey from Canada to Argentina, I hope you all will go with me on that journey.

Basho's Journey Into The Deep North

This weekend I love to challenge you to create your haibun as part of our special feature "A Quest For A New Masterpiece". So take your time focus on a journey you have made or would like to make and create your haibun (prose and haiku).

I hope you will enjoy your weekend and that you can find the inspiration to create your haibun.

This episode is open for your submissions next Sunday November 25th at 7:00 PM (CET) and will remain open until December 2nd at noon (CET). Have a wonderful weekend.