Carpe Diem Celebrates Its 8th Anniversary October 2020: Carpe Diem #1834 sunflowers

 

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new episode of our wonderful Haiku Kai. This month we are celebrating our 8th anniversary with flash-backs into our rich history. Today I have chosen for a theme we have seen a couple of times here at CDHK, sunflowers.

I love sunflowers, they always give me the feeling of a sunny day, even when it rains. Sunflowers are looking like the sun and that makes that I become always happy of having them in my home.

rain patters against the window
the loneliness disappears as by sunlight -
sunflowers reach for the sky

© Chèvrefeuille

And now ... it's your turn to create a sunflower haiku or tanka (or maybe one of the other Japanese poetry forms).

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until October 17th 10:00 PM (CEST). Enjoy! You can add your submission to the linking widget hidden in our logo below.

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #95 Quest for a new masterpiece ... sunflowers

!! Open for your submissions next Sunday July 28th at 7:00 PM (CEST) !!

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new weeken meditation her at CDHK. This weekend I love to challenge you to create a new masterpiece ... so our quest continues ... For this weekend I have chosen the theme "sunflowers" I challenge you to create a new masterpiece (haiku or tanka) themed "sunflowers". I will give you an example:

in my garden
sunflowers bow their heads
in honor of the sun

Sunflower Field (Tuscany, Italy)

only sunflowers
those beautiful little suns
in my garden

Both haiku I created back in 2012, around the time that I started with CDHK, so these are special to me.

Are these masterpieces? I don't know, for me they are, because of their meaning to me ... the start of CDHK back in 2012.

This weekend meditation is open for your submissions next Sunday July 28th at 7:00 PM (CEST) and will remain open until August 4th at noon (CEST). Have a great weekend!