This week’ s inspiration on Carpe Diem Special is another haiku, written by a pre-Basho haiku poet Iio Sogi (1421-1502) and translated by our Carpe Diem Haiku host Chèvrefeuille:
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abandoned house
the garden taken over –
butterfly home
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Here’ s my attempt to stay close to the same mood and spirit:
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old diary
wind pages through memories
in smouldering ruins
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