Chiyo-ni

 

Airing out kimonos
as well as her heart 
is never enough 

 Chiyo-ni

cherry blossom time
fresh kimonos, dank dust
swept out of corners

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Monophytism

a single dew drop
simplicity connected
to the divine

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vulnerable beauty
in spite barbs
light still shines

The Seamstress

she holds her hands
filled with the fragile beauty
of cherry blossoms
Chevrefeuille

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her nimble fingers
sewing  intricate messages
for her secret love

Gone With The Wind

MLMM...Wordle Week 741

 crinoline exaggerate madness ornament needle scorn
 lily petrous fragile fertile listen twenty three

scarlett o'hara just twenty three
fragile beauty
prone to madness exaggeration
gifted with a fertile imagination
good listener artistic
sewed lily ornaments on  her crinoline skirt
with a gold thread and needle
poured petrous scorn on all her suitors
hopelessly in love
completely besotted with
ashley wilkes her cousin's husband

Gainsbourg:

Sunday Whirligig 20

 mariachis mortuary meth maybe missed mouths
 magician many mutants midnight motor more

no  mortuary for these many  missed parents
magically annihilated by the midnight mutants
struttin' and puffin' in their jack boots and stahlhelm
riding zundapp motor bikes

no crystal meth for this lot just zyklon B crystals
as jews lay open mouthed on the shower room floor
more corpses for the ovens

the surviving fragile children
play with the fervour of mariachis
on their balalaikas and fiddles
some day they will smile again -  maybe
 

Basho

 Carpe diem haiku kai

the butterfly is perfuming
its scent in the wings
of  the orchid

Matsuo Basho


the watermelon
black seeded in rich deep pink
parrots screech with joy

Tan Renga Challenge

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

out of the washbowl
i scoop up
my distorted face 

Sumitaku Kenshin (1961 - 1987 )

if i look in the mirror
it will crack into pieces