Carpe Diem #1677 Troiku Month (6) Chasing A Fly

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new "regular" episode of our wonderful Haiku Kai where we are challenged to create Troiku this month. I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend, I had a very relaxed weekend and could (finally) find some time for myself. It has been a good decision several months ago to create our weekend meditations to have some time for myself. Thank you all for respecting that choice.

This week I love to start with a recently written haiku by myself. It has a small story ... last week we were "terrorized" by a fly, two days long he "terrorized" our home and on the 2nd day I decided to catch him in a kind of Zen way. Silently sitting and only follow it with my eyes. At first I thought that wouldn't work, but after a few hours the fly came to sit on my knee. It felt safe I think, but I caught it in my hands and let it go free outside in the garden.

Chasing A Fly

After that situation I wrote the following haiku/senryu:

chasing a fly
in silent meditation mode
eyes fixed

© Chèvrefeuille

A wonderful haiku/senryu to work with I think. Well ... have fun!

By the way did you know that the fly has a deeper meaning? I didn't know that, so I think a lot of you will not know that too. So let me give you the deeper meaning of the fly.

Much like the butterfly, fly symbolism it letting you know that quick and abrupt changes in your thoughts, emotions, and endeavors are afoot. Moreover, these rapid changes in all aspects of your life, are happening now. Therefore, you should be prepared to move quickly even in unfavorable and uncomfortable conditions. Similar to the rabbit, fly meaning can also signify that an exponentially growing source of abundance is available for you right now. Thus you must use your keen eyesight to see the way. In other words, never give up.

Alternatively, the fly symbolism could be reminding you that your persistence in reaching your goals will bear fruit sooner than later. Moreover, this will happen even if it means that you have to annoy others or be selfish for a while. In other words, you do have the ability to accomplish your goals.
(source: fly symbolism)

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until June 16th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode later on. For now ... be inspired and have fun!

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #88 Crossroads ... Sea Cliffs

!! Open for your submissions next Sunday June 9th at 7:00 PM (CEST) !!

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new weekend meditation episode. Last weekend I asked you to create a Troiku from a Crossroads haiku and this weekend I love to do that again. I will give you two haiku to work with. Those two haiku you need to for creating a new haiku, a kind of fusion-haiku, to start your Troiku with.

Here are the two haiku to use for your "fusion-haiku":

coming to sea cliffs
the off-shore breeze raises
a flower fragrance

curving with the land
a rainbow of clouds
moves out to sea

© Jane Reichhold (Taken from: "A Dictionary of Haiku", a Modern Saijiki)

As you all know Jane (1937-2016) was once our co-host and my back-up here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. She died in 2016, but I still miss her. I know you all miss her too, but her spirit is dwelling here at CDHK.
Honor Jane with your submissions. She is missed ...

Cliffs of Moher

This weekend meditation is open for your submissions next Sunday June 9th at 7:00 PM (CEST) and will remain open until June 16th at noon (CEST). Have a wonderful weekend full of inspiration,

Carpe Diem #1676 Troiku Month (5) the aroma of pine

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new episode in our wonderful Troiku month. I am so glad to see participants return to CDHK in this Troiku month ... it makes me proud and humble.

Today I have chosen a haiku by one of our haijin from the start of CDHK. I know that he is a great author and a great haiku poet and with this choice I hope to give him a feeling of joy. I have chosen a haiku by Hamish Managua Gunn, also know as pirate. In our CDHK library you can find an exclusive CDHK E-book created by him. The haiku I will use is taken from that E-Book.

the aroma of pine
and the young morning's fresh rain
reach my words

© Hamish "Managua" Gunn (Taken from "Shinrin Yoku, the art of forest bathing")

A wonderful haiku ... thank you my friend, thank you Hamish that you are a longtime participant here at CDHK.

the aroma of pine

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until June 13th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new weekend meditation later on.

Carpe Diem #1675 Troiku Month (4) spring snow

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

This is our new episode of this Troiku Month. This month we are creating Troiku, that new creative way of haiku-ing, that I invented. Today I have chosen a haiku by a modern haiku poet. I never had heard from him, but he has written wonderful haiku, but also haiku inspired on war. Let me give you first the haiku and than a small explanation.

spring snow
purifies earth and heaven –
our enemies perish

© Mizuhara Shûôshi

In this Great Asia War, the attitudes of the enemy countries, in short, America, Britain, and other countries, are tremendously evil. In order to destroy such evil, our nation has arisen. From the very beginning of the war, our Imperial Army has severely damaged our enemies and incapacitated them. Yet you, the Japanese home-front citizens, should continue to unite your hearts with our Imperial Army to exterminate the evil.

Shuoshi wrote during the Great Asia  War as Japan conquered Singapore.

Spring Snow

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until June 12th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode later on.

Carpe Diem #1674 Troiku Month (3) chestnuts by the eaves

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome ... a new episode in our Troiku month and I will keep it short, because of lack of time. Today I will give you only the haiku from which you have to create your Troiku.

For today I have chosen a haiku by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), whom I see as my sensei. It's one of the 50 haiku he used in his wonderful haibun "The Small Road Into The Deep North" (Oku-no-Hosomichi).

Here is the haiku to work with:

people in the world
hardly notice these blossoms
chestnuts by the eaves

© Basho (Tr. Tim Chilcott

Chestnut Tree in full bloom

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until June 11th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode later on.

Carpe Diem #1673 Troiku Month (2) my native town

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at the 2nd episode of this new CDHK month in which we experimenting with Troiku, that gorgeous creative way of haiku-ing I invented several years ago. Today I have a nice haiku by a haiku poet we all know, because we have had haiku written by him very often here at CDHK.

Today I have a haiku for you to create your Troiku with written by Santoka Taneda:

my native town
far, far away--
burgeoning trees.

© Santoka Taneda

A nice haiku to work with and as you all know Santoka Taneda was a haiku poet who didn't used the classical rules of haiku, he was a free-styler and that's what we all are as we are composing Troiku.

So have fun ... free-styling ... go for it!

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until June 10th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode later on.

Carpe Diem #1672 Troiku Month (1) unexpected guests

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new month of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. This month I will challenge you to create Troiku, maybe a Hineri Troiku, but that's not sure today. As you maybe know ... I invented the Troiku back in 2012. It's a new creative way of haiku-ing, based on creativity and free-styling.
Troiku starts with a (given) haiku and than the goal is to create three new haiku with the separated lines of the (given) haiku. The first line you have to use as the first line of the first new haiku, the second line is the first line of the second new haiku and the third line of the given haiku is the first line of the third new haiku you have to create. Sounds difficult? Maybe ... above in the menu you can find an item about Troiku.

I will give you an example of a Troiku taken from our exclusive CDHK E-book "Flamingo-Clouds":

all day sunrise
what a joy to live in
my orange house

all day sunrise
Mother Nature is confused
the longest day

what a joy to live in
a world full of fantasy
patches of clouds

my orange house
save harbor for my children
‘till when will it last?

© Chèvrefeuille

I think this Troiku explains what the goal is this month. I will give you a haiku to work with and create your Troiku with. This month will be fun I think and I hope that you all will participate in this new challenging month of our wonderful Haiku Kai.

Field Flowers

For this first episode I have a beautiful haiku created by Jane Reichhold:

gathering flowers
unexpected guests
come to dinner

© Jane Reichhold (taken from "A Dictionary of Haiku")

A nice haiku to create a Troiku with I think ... looking forward to your responses.

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until June 9th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode later on.