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Carpe Diem: Troiku

29 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

≈ 32 Comments

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Autumn, Basho, Birds, butterfly, colours, dance, feathers, Nature, peacocks

Done for Carpe Diem. A Troiku based on Basho’s haiku below:

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butterflies and birds

restlessly they rise up

a cloud of flowers

©Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

butterflies and birds

on an exchange of colours

bright autumn morning

==

restlessly they rise up

in kaleidoscopic hues

these plumes of feathers

==

a cloud of flowers

rising above the dust

dance of peacocks

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
29/09/15

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Carpe Diem Time Glass: Dance

13 Tuesday Jan 2015

Posted by readinpleasure in Carpe Diem, Challenges, Haiku, Poetry

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dance, love, Nature

Done for Carpe Diem. 

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Dance

blooming in style

 leaves sway to ancient rhythms

a butterfly dance

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Copyright © Celestine Nudanu
13/01/15
 

I appreciate your patience with me as I catch up on your blogs. Thanks a million! Shalom

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Haiku Horizons: Master

09 Monday Jun 2014

Posted by readinpleasure in Challenges, Haiku, Poetry, Romance

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dance, master, Poetry, romance, waist beads

Done for Haiku Horizons

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Master

my master craftsman

weaving his petals of words

I jiggle my waist

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 
9/06/14)

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