Thursday, September 29, 2016

Carpe Diem #1069 leafless trees


Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at the last episode of our tribute to Jane month. With this last episode I conclude the last modern kigo of winter extracted from Jane's "A Dictionary of Haiku". It was a real joy to create this tribute month and I hope you all have that same feeling. Of course Jane will be part of CDHK forever and not only in spirit, but also in a new weekly special feature "Universal Jane" which I will launch next month as we celebrate our 4th anniversary. You can find our celebration prompt-list above in the menu.

Today leafless trees is our prompt and I think that needs no further explanation, because leafless trees we all know ... therefore I will share the haiku by Jane to inspire you immediately hereafter.

from the wind
the flute lesson
of a bare tree

wood smoke
shaping the radiant bodies
of trees in winter

in the clearing
hovering a circle of trees
their halos

© Jane Reichhold

Leafless trees (image found on Pinterest)
Again not a very long episode, but I am preparing myself for a new study, so I hadn't time enough to create a longer episode.

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until October 4th at noon (CET). I will (try to) post our new episode, the first of our celebration month, later on. Have fun!


Share your haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form inspired on this (short) post with us all here at our Haiku Kai.


1. Noor  9. Paloma  17. petra domina  
2. Reading Pleasure  10. Virginia Popescu  18. Hélène  
3. B i r g i t t a  11. Kim M. Russell  19. Bastet  
4. Shokunin II  12. Ken G. / rivrvlogr  20. Pat (Jazzytower)  
5. Noor II  13. Cressida  21. ladyleemanila  
6. Shokunin  14. Mellow Curmudgeon  22. Sri Sudha K  
7. Elsie Hagley  15. Nicole Pottier  23. Sara McNulty  
8. Dolores  16. David K  24. Dancing Echoes  

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2 comments:

  1. I think it is wonderful that you have had a tribute month for Jane. I have enjoyed it immensely.You may have had a very good friend in Jane but conversely, she was lucky to have the same in you and I am sure her friendship with you enriched the last years of her life.
    Thank you for all the work you do on this blog.I know I speak for everyone when I say we all appreciate it very much.

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  2. Hello Kristjaan, I am unable to see the little linky widget on my computer so please here is the link to my post on leafless tree. Thank you.

    https://readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/carpe-diem-leafless-tree/

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