Carpe Diem Special – Kikaku’s “the pheasant scratches it”
Carpe Diem today is to write a haiku inspired by Kikaku’s haiku: such a beautiful face the pheasant scratches it with jagged spurs The jagged spurs inspired me: see perfection […]
Carpe Diem today is to write a haiku inspired by Kikaku’s haiku: such a beautiful face the pheasant scratches it with jagged spurs The jagged spurs inspired me: see perfection […]
As moon streaks the old pond with silver, I feel first tooth growing, nails transforms to claws, and cursed hair appear again. Hunger growing, my last human thought’s: “Hope chains […]
Being back from hiatus is interesting… all those prompts I’ve missed. This week I will go way below the 100 words by only offering a limerick. Friday Ficioneers is a […]
I’m back in Carpe Diem. Today the prompt is ancient voices. ancient voices of rust and verdigris empty barrels’ song August 8, 2013
Hear a looming wind that plays its song of sorrows strings are razor wires, my neighbour used as fencing. Starving cows are dying from the long cold winter, rich grass […]
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
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