Haiku - Cemetery

Cemetery

name on old grave stone

no one left here to know them-

one day is our fate

When visiting the cemetery and seeing really old grave stone dates and names. I wonder who they were? What life was like then for them? What the town was like then were they lived? Much different... no cars. They used horses and fireplaces. The fashions ect. 

Really the cemetery is the place I have felt closest to God. Thinking about all those souls. I know there is more then just this earthly place. But now is the time to think about what to do with this life... I am reminded while there.

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem #555, Cemetery

 

Haiku - Tears

angel tears can fall
from the eyes of a pure soul-
in a broken world

Inspired by:

Haiku Shuukan #20, Tears

Haiku - abandoned

nothing left here now
only ghosts of days gone by
abandoned shadows

Carpe Diem #551, abandoned

Haiku - Sincerity

devotion for truth
a quest for sincerity-
life with true meaning

Inspired by:

CARPE DIEM TACKLE IT TUESDAY #4, SINCERITY

Flame - Haiku

Flame

from the held lantern

the flame burned in the night-

a beacon of hope

Carpe Diem #547, Flame

Haiku - Silence

Silence

the evening silence-

crickets chirp by the window

cool Summer stillness

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem #546, Silence

Haiku - Absence of Vanity

Absence of Vanity

when you lose yourself
to only seeing and feeling-
alive with one world

Inspired by:

CARPE DIEM’S “TACKLE It TUESDAY” #3, ABSENCE OF VANITY

Haiku - Mask

Haiku - Mask

Photo found online
owner unknown

we observe our world 
painted hidden in secret-
from behind the mask

Carpe Diem #544, Mask/Masque

Haiku - Butterfly

Haiku - Butterfly

i dream to be free-
visit open field daisies
as the butterfly

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem's "Little Creatures" #2, "I dreamed I was a butterfly" (Soshi)

Haiku - Wall

Walls

the wall has been built
hence await for visitors-
we stand by the gate

 Maybe that wall is also the wall about which Khalil Gibran says the following:

[...] "After all this is not a bad prison; but I do not like this wall between my cell and the next prisoner’s cell; Yet I assure you that I do not wish to reproach the warder not the Builder of the prison".[...]

[...] "Sadness is but a wall between two gardens". [...]

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tearing down the walls

giving room to wild flowers

to color the earth

© Chèvrefeuille

**I don't like to give explanation or add too much in hopes the haiku speaks for itself. I would like to add. I think walls people build (or are helped built for them) are individual; as the door they have to that wall.** 

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem #543, Wall

Haiku - Departing Summer

Departing Summer

shorter days long nights
cool clear harvest moon is near-
departing Summer


For the Prompt it is said to write in our own language. My own language is English... I am American living in Germany. So I know English well. I am learning German. My mandatory German class begins again this week... which I want to learn. I don't know enough German to write a Haiku in German. But I might want to try sometime. 

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem's Kamishibai #10, "departing summer"

Haiku - Regularity

Regularity 

late Summer evening
enjoying camomile tea- 
rest and feel at home

CARPE DIEM’S “TACKLE IT TUESDAY” #2, REGULARITY

4 Haiku - Solitude

Solitude

Four Haiku

in calm solitude

sitting alone self assured-

a love from within 

there is solitude 

when with the nature and life 

we have become one. 

gaze out the window

like a cat in solitude-

pondering deep thoughts

lone introspection

finding you are all you are-

the best place to be

**I love this theme. I could probably write a book of Haiku on this (maybe I will). Solitude is a great place to be. A time for thinking without interference. The ability to enjoy being alone is a great thing. Not all the time of course. I think it takes time and age to get to that place in ones life. Loneliness is searching outside for what you have inside already. When that place is reached being with others can be even better. Time with others is shared and enjoyed.... not needed for lack of loneliness. It is my belief and thoughts. I definitely enjoy me time alone to think... write Haiku. Even if it is late at night when everyone is sleeping. It keeps you centered.**    

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem #541, Inner Self (Solitude)

Haiku - Wings

Wings

from the wings of life

along the path a feather-

the Spring birds fly

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem #540, Wings

Haiku - Trees

Trees

in late afternoon
Autumn leaves in trees call me-
feeling days of old

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem #539, Trees

Tan Renga : "how rare the sight"

 Tan Renga : "how rare the sight"

For this week's Tan Renga Challenge I have chosen a haiku written by Magical Mystical Teacher (MMT). It was her response on one of our prompt-haiku last month. She wrote this haiku in response on this haiku by Basho:

how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light

I completed the Tan Renga with:

there blooms a beautiful gift
with the God given sunlight

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #47, MMT's "how rare the sight"

Haiku - Paradise

Paradise

dream or memory

beautiful green paradise-

a love filled garden

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem #538, Paradise

Night- Fibo-Ku

calm

night

moonlight

owl in tree

forest of Autumn

the eyes penetrate the darkness

all there can be seen in the mysterious unknown

Fibo-Ku is a new poetic form (for me) I wanted to try.

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem's Fibo-ku, an introduction to a new haiku form

Rowan Tree - Haiku

Rowan Tree - Haiku

Inspired by Photo from 
Managua Hamish Gunn of Cabin Fever 

have comfort under 
the enchanted rowan tree- 
feel an Autumn breeze

Inspired by:

Carpe Diem Ghost Writer #21, Hamish Gunn's Imagination GW-post

Haiku - Truth

Truth

the pursuit of Truth
is where true beauty is found-
in which life is based


Truth is one of my favorite words. I think it is one of the most important aspects of life. Sincerity is neither bad or good when based in the real and true from the heart. 

As Khalil Gibran wrote about 'truth':
 [...] "When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty". [...]
I agree completely. 

Inspired by and read more here:

Carpe Diem #537, Truth