Winter kigo on Carpe Diem prompt is Tea flower, cha no kana , mm smells good picture from Wikimedia Commons a painting of Antonio Mancini
fragrant tea flower
wrinkled hands around the cup
yawning feline
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sound of ticking clock
company of tea flower
only memories
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December 8, 2012

You really caught it therewith the fresh flowers and old hands! Then the clock ticking future and memories past
Love them
Nice ‘tea flower’ memories. Nice set of haiku Bjorn. Thank you.
love the juxtaposition of fresh flowers and old hands and memories…..
Oooooh, I really enjoyed these. The first one is my favorite!!
Tea Flowers and Tea Blossoms
Ah, but those memories…how they linger!
Last Night’s Tea Flowers