Carpe Diem – Tanka (Lovers)
alabaster skin when she opened her robe I glimpsed heaven above in moonlit birch tree a singing nightingale — Linked to Carpe Diem September 20, 2013
alabaster skin when she opened her robe I glimpsed heaven above in moonlit birch tree a singing nightingale — Linked to Carpe Diem September 20, 2013
Carpe Diem Special is to write a haiku inspired by this one by O. Mabson Southard This morning’s rainbow shares its deep violet edge with the misty moon. swirling morning […]
Carpe Diem Tan Renga completion to Managua Gunn’s wonderful haiku. cricket’s last song even the prostitute hears – stops waving her fan I wanted to combine this with a sense […]
in autumn gale see bending willow trees as clouds rush by as clouds rush by she raise the shutters ‘gainst the storm Linked to Carpe Diem — September 19, 2013
Come hear about a sailor’s life he had the sweetest girl In happiness his trust he gave as she seduced an earl — And every time he left for sea […]
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