Carpe Diem haiku – Aki Chikashi (Autumn near)

Carpe Diem kigo is Aki Chikashi (Autumn near), and the latest of the summer blooms are asters (at least here in Sweden)

Asters in vase by Henri Fantin-Latour

Asters in vase by Henri Fantin-Latour



aster bloom
summer warmth is fading
autumn’s near

aster vase
her wrinkled hands recall
her autumn’s near


June 30, 2013

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