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A different haiku challenge
The Carpe Diem site has several different challenges. The one I’m trying today is to complete a haiku given the middle line. The given line is: mists over the foreign highlands Extra restrictions are...
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Sunflowers and the sun
Carpe Diem has set us a lovely challenge this time. The prompt is ‘sunflowers’ – very evocative and open to many interpretations. Fields of sunflowers; each tracks the sun, east to west. Nightfall will...
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Poems for a perfumed world
Carpe Diem has an interesting article on using all our senses to describe the world and not just sight and sound. How often are we conscious of the smell of a scene? Do we reach out and touch something...
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Another haiku challenge from Carpe Diem
This time the challenge is to write a haiku about kites. Apparently kiting is a worldwide phenomenon and popular with all kinds of people of all ages. But not all kites are man made. As usual the...
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A new Carpe Diem challenge.
In a recent post the Carpe Diem site introduced a new-to-me poet, Tomas Tranströmer. We are given a Tranströmer haiku as an inspiration. The season word is ‘frigid’ which makes it definitely winter....
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A haiku challenge about bonfires.
As usual Carpe Diem has given us an interesting challenge. The post containing it deals with the burning of ornaments at a fire festival. This is about leaving the old and taking on the new. Fire is...
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Mountains haiku
Once again an inspiring post on Carpe Diem. Basho is the model this time. Today ideas came to me quickly, though, as usual, they needed time to work into the haiku form. The mountain path travels down...
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Summer passing in haiku
Carpe Diem again has an interesting and thoughtful prompt. This time the originator is Jane Reichhold who has published on haiku and modern kigo. The prompt is summer passing – a look at the fleeting...
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Visiting bees
A summery challenge from Carpe Diem this time, inspired by blogger Laura Williams. My garden is full of bees at present, so I give them a little mention. Afternoon: baked still by sun. Even the quaking...
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Haiku, monks and pharaohs
As usual Chèvrefeuille has set an interesting poetic challenge on Carpe Diem. It’s well worth reading the article about Lake Tana and its rich spiritual history. Some of the poems inspired by this...
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