A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot…It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.
/Mildred WitteStouven/
Tag: Old
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge *Basho’s “the old lady cherry”*
This week Carpe Diem Tan Renga inspiration and the first stanza is a not well – known haiku by Matsuo Basho. Our goal is to add the second stanza to it.
the old-lady cherry
in bloom: a remembrance
of her old age (Basho)
feeling rugged bark at my cheek
childhood memories return (Ese)
Carpe Diem Haiku Special *Jane Reichhold’s ‘Forgotten Brook’*
This is the haiku written by Jane Jane Reichhold:
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forgotten brook
running the centuries down
locked in rock
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And here’ s my humble attempt to create something of the same mood:
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ceaseless ripples of thoughts
can’ t step into the same brook twice
-my toes get cold
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