Carpe Diem - scent of snow

scent of first snow -

darkly in the river

leaves are sinking

Linked to Carpe Diem Kai

Hallow's eve

The weight of darkness, waiting for the stars to fall, smells of soil. Old oak-trees, skeletal, brush against my sweaty face; their twigs are claws; laced with hunger. An owl hoots with desperation of an empty kiln. Suddenly awake, the bats leave the belfry, their eyes a-glow. Silence between my heartbeats diminishes as fog from rotting bogs, but still I hear his footsteps, confidently striding, crushing gravel.

shooting stars

dissipate my fantasy —

hallow’s eve

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Haibun linked to Carpe Diem (shooting stars) and dVerse Poetics where Toni wants us to write poetry on Halloween.

Too late

for Fukushima
it's late for festivals -
abandoned floats

Linked to Carpe Diem

Jisei - a crocus

always uphill -
pilgrim's broken cart
lies discarded
but in meadow grass
a blooming crocus

Linked to dVerse-MTB

Carpe Diem Tan Renga - Sumitaku Kenshin's out of the washbowl

Out of the washbowl
I scoop up,
my distorted face        (Sumitaki Kenshen)

remembering the silence
of your moonless sleep

Linked to Carpe Diem

Choka - Thunderstom

rippled cumulus
the sky's an anguished brow  
sentences afloat
raindrops falling from her lips
as arbor arms waves
in sudden gust of syllables
the flowers shudder
for yet unopened letter
thunderbolt to strike
a raven seeks her shelter

softness of your hand
turned granite from what's done
kisses of deceit
your skirt was raised by a wind
by his hands of thunderstorms

Linked to Carpe Diem

Cottoncandy

cottoncandy clouds -
just before the sunset
  she licks her lips