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) aster bloom summer warmth is fading autumn’s near […]
Carpe Diem kigo is Aki Chikashi (Autumn near), and the latest of the summer blooms are asters (at least here in Sweden) aster bloom summer warmth is fading autumn’s near […]
Carpe Diem kigo today is Himawari (Sunflower) Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh sunflowers watered by a widow’s tears don’t wither June 29, 2013
Carpe Diem haiku today is to write a haiku inspired by Kikusha-Ni: my body all alone in this autumn I feel – the dusk in rain I offer you two […]
Carpe Diem haiku kigo today is Semi (Cicada). my memories of cicadas’ evening song secret rendezvous reminded by cicada’s evening lull of passing years the silence of afterlife heard in […]
Carpe diem haiku kigo is Gione (Gion Festival). as Gione ends bashfully at Eki shrine she says goodbye she says goodbye in her eyes I learn the truth as Gione […]
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis