only emptiness

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #76, Hamish Gunn's "only emptiness "

in the space between the trees
only emptiness
without emptiness no forest          © Hamish Gunn

©  Janice Adcock

within the smoky emptiness
flames birth a new forest      ©  Janice Adcock

in the space between the trees
only emptiness
without emptiness no forest          © Hamish Gunn

without dreams no visions -
a wasteland of emptiness        ©  Janice Adcock

in the space between the trees
only emptiness
without emptiness no forest        © Hamish Gunn

within the void hearts meet
lovers become as one -               ©  Janice Adcock

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puddles

Carpe Diem #681, Puddles

©  Janice Adcock 2015

boys

water - puddle

bliss!

©  Janice Adcock 2015

Then I read a couple of blot posts on gender assignment and felt the need to add this query.

wonder -
if puddles are really
gender specific?

©  Janice Adcock 2015






Possibly in some cultures, socioeconomic groups but not in my world, thank you.  So let's redo this haiga, what say?

kids

puddles

bliss!

©  Janice Adcock 2015

Now, doesn't that feel better?

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meadow

Carpe Diem #680, Meadow

A month of photo inspired poetry.  That is the challenge from our host at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.  It must be a photo I have taken and my prose.  Make sure you click on the above title to see the many amazing photos and poems each day.

meadow
moved by unseen force
waves
©  Janice Adcock 2015

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illusion of her

Carpe Diem Special #135, Santoka Taneda's "reflection" & CD's "Haiku Writing Techniques #9 "freestyle haiku"

©  Janice Adcock 2015

She spent her last days in such confusion.  The lines between now and then, real and imagined, life and death blurred.  The blur spilled into the lives of those around her.  She has moved beyond the blur into whatever awaits a person of faith.  Those left behind are left with tear blurred eyes looking at photos. And the occasional glimpse of a familiar feature in a window's reflection ....


reflections
flat mirrored image of her
lost memory

or

reflecting
smudged mirror image of her
last memory

or

reflection
flat, mirrored image of her
last memory

©  Janice Adcock 2015

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the light

Carpe Diem #679, Light

©  Janice Adcock

warmth sought
from the winter's icy breath
sparks fly

mockingly the shadows dance
as cruel flames consume the light
©  Janice Adcock

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Happiness

Carpe Diem #678, Happiness

©  Janice Adcock

cardboard box

holding children within -

uncontained laughter!

©  Janice Adcock

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companionship

Carpe Diem #677, companionship "A friend is a present you  give yourself."

~Friendship Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson There are those in this world that are made for being friends.  Good, dear friends.  They are wired for caring, sharing, encouraging, scolding, lending a hand when needed.  Sometimes the hardest part of being a good, dear friend is allowing the other half of the equation to do the same for them.  To be the receiver instead of the giver.  The loved instead of the one loving. Studies show that people with companions, close friends and shall we say comrades are healthier.  We humans are happier when sharing this creation's joys with others.  The hug from a friend can bring comfort in dark times and pleasure in times of happiness.  The fun of a day sharing retail therapy with a bunch of companions is as the commercial says, 'priceless'. ©  Janice Adcock strange companions assassin climbs perfumed steps natures balance ©  Janice Adcock

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