touch

Carpe Diem #918 Touch/Tactioception (Pain)

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circling tongue
warmth envelopes
her loins



©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

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hot springs

Carpe Diem #903 hot springs

Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

tucked in hills
hot springs bath house row
warms the souls

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock


healing springs
wrapped in a fragrant mist
gush from earth's depths


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Baker Hotel remains, Mineral Wells, TX. ©  Janice Adcock 2015

The curative power of water to soak in or to drink is not new.  Ancient Native American artifacts can be found around the sites of the wells.  Boquillas Hot Springs has crude tubs carved into rocks long ago by the Native Americans.  The world wide use of hot springs can be traced back tens of thousands of years.

passing fad
empty ruins holding watch
spirit waters flow

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Kangetsu (cold moon)

Carpe Diem #902 Kangetsu (cold moon)

the cold moon
silver sliver in the dark
of a winter sky


chills
from the cold moon
howling winter winds


star filled sky
surrounds the stone cold moon
jewelers dreams


the cold moon
reflecting in the old pond
hibernating frog


this cold moon
silhouetting Mt. Fuji
in the distant sky

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fields

Carpe Diem #901 fields

snow blowing

©  Janice Adcock, March, 2007, In The Great Plains

across endless fields
Great Plains whiteout


lost
in the blinding snow
a single cow


lurking
deep within the snowbank
barbed wire


cold night duty
the lone wolf howling
sends chills

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a trip along memory lane

Carpe Diem Special #193 Revise That Haiku ... a trip along memory lane

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Assignment is to revise the following haiku:

Daibutsu no katahada no yuki toki ni keri

the snow has melted
on one shoulder
of the Great Buddha 

© Shiki

sun on brown grass

patch of snow hides in shadow
of the cherry tree

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daikan (great cold)

Carpe Diem #900 Daikan (Great cold)

freezing brass monkey
draw near the roaring fire
too late!

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

forest sounds
quelled in the great cold
sap explodes

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frozen falls
shimmering in the morning cold
resting till the thaw

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Ten Tanka Techniques

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #66 Teika's Ten Tanka Techniques by Jane Reichhold

Teika's Ten Tanka Techniques by Jane Reichhold
1. Mystery and depth - yūgentei, the image evoking ineffable loneliness
2. Appropriate statement - koto shikarubeki
3. Elegant beauty - urawashiki tei, characterised by harmony, balance, and beauty of cadence
4. Conviction of feeling - ushintei
5. Lofty style - taketakaki tei, a method of achieving grandeur and elevation 
6. Visual description - miru tei
7. Clever treatment - omoshiroki tei, a witty or ingenious treatment of a conventional topic 
8. Novel treatment - hitofushi aru tei, Using an unusual or original poetic conception 
9. Exquisite detail - komayaka naru tei
10. Demon-quelling - onihishigitei (or kiratsu no tei), characterised by strong or even vulgar diction and terms 


# 1

veiled in sorrow

the widowed mother
seeking solace
listening bass tones calling
from the distant river edge




# 2

waters from the sky
flowing between canyon walls
traveling with ease
over fallen rock faces
looking for a new home





# ? 3 ?
chiffon windows
filtering the daylight hours
through a sieve
leaving only the starlight
for another night ...

# 4

dismissive mouths
spitting hollow words
worthless use
of hallowed oxygen
climate change is real



# 5
splendor at dusk
rising from the valley floor
Mt Fugi is crowned
by the radiance from
Ra's fiery charriot

# 6
the last room
down the long hallway
smells of burning oil
sunlight spills across the floor
pooling on the prayer rug




# 7
waiting in line
the sheep nudging closer
to the shepherd
gripping the woolen neck
snips yielding sheared beauty








# 8
sage of old opines
nothing new under the sun
star grazers hope
search the heavens afar
for a new sun








# 9
golden threads
woven to tell her story
jewel encrusted words
displayed for all to see
who can read?


 

# 10
rattling sabers
sun glinting on blade edges
saints spilled blood
mingled with horse dung
making music for the king


There are my ten.  Mark them up and help me learn.

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beach

Carpe Diem #899 beach

winter beach
shorebirds searching the surf
in the foggy dawn

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clear sky

Carpe Diem #898 Yukibare (clear sky between (after) snowfall)

floating crystals
wrung from the clear blue sky
by the cold air

blown about by angel's breath
dance around one lonely leaf

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vernacula

New Carpe Diem special feature

Many folks in the Carpe Diem Haiku Kai group are persons for whom English is a second language.  Our talented and inventive host has created yet another opportunity for the group to express their themselves.  This time it is to be in their native language.  Well, guess you will have to settle with native Texan from The Rock Lady.

a wolf howls

does the quail understand 

the wild call

a cold wind blows

nothing but a barbed wire fence

shields the plains from snow

the preparations

for a day of family fun

fixin' to go

brewed tea

sweetness from a thousand canes

poured over ice

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animals and seasons

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #65 combining animals and seasons

morning's cold dawn

silhouette circles above

red tailed hawk dives

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

 

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pussy willow

Carpe Diem #896 Neko Yanagi (pussy willow)

kitten's tail

twitching near the warm fire

pussy willow buds

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

tea steam

and willow

sway together 

© Issa (Tr. Chris Drake)

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Fuyusoubi (winter rose)

Carpe Diem #893 Fuyusoubi (winter rose)

The Christmas Rose is the name given to a variety of hellebore that bloom in the dead of winter.  The hellebore graced the walkway edges with deep green leaves through out the long cold winters.  Though not a Christmas rose hellebore, the sister, Lenten, was a beauty, also.

 Frozen in time: the Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, in the snow. Photograph: Alamy

the leafless tree

wears a cape of green and white

above its cold roots

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©  Janice Adcock from my own yard 4/2013

dawn

Carpe Diem Throw that pebble #1 dawn

Credits: Winter Dawn (© Wayne Brittle)

saffron sun

breaks the grip of night

dawning

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Kan-no-uchi (mid-winter)

Carpe Diem #892 Kan-no-uchi (mid-winter)

puffs of breath -
the sound of mid winter resonates
through the hills

© Chèvrefeuille

coldest day ends

standing on a snowbank's edge

the lone wolf howls

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movement

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #64 Beyond "movement"

Movement in a moment.  That can surely describe one of the youngest members of our extended family.  A lively 15 month old with hair as changing as his movements.  The child's favorite toy is a remote control.  His favorite thing to do is move ... and clear tables.

ginger or blonde?

tiny head is a blurrrrr

with dimples

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joy of living

Carpe Diem #891 joy of living

saffron sunrise 

paints the clouds with pink pastels

breath in the joy!

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painting

Carpe Diem Special #190 A trip along memory lane 1st CD Imagination

Our son is a single Dad that adores his three sons.  A few years back he took them to Ft. Davis in the Big Bend area of Texas.  The particular area of Texas is desert and mountains if you consider 8300' to be a mountain.  The McDonald Observatory is located nearby.  The four men/boys visited one August evening.

meteor shower

arms and legs entwined as one

paints memories of love

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Shoukan (less cold)

Carpe Diem #890 Shoukan (less cold)

Having lived in an area there the freeze comes in October cold is ..

slow sunrise

another drowsy day 

the cool of winter

©  Janice 'petra domina' Adcock

Behind on the prompts.  Another stumble, head against concrete steps, 4 or 5 stitches and little computer time.  Oh, well.....

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strolling yesterday

Carpe Diem Special #189 Georgia's 5th strolling yesterday (tanka)

Inspiration:

strolling yesterday
astonished by the pine trees.
they seemed to copy
the heavy rain laden skies
imitating it’s wet lay.

© Georgia (a.k.a. Bastet)

My response:

spotted fawns

dozing beneath a spruce tree

rain laden needles

drip a rhythmic lullaby
breeze gently rocking the boughs

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