CD : 503 Basho 1

CD -503-basho-1-departing-autumn

divided the shell

two halves; sandy shore and sea

the clam holds a pearl

falling for gems, dive deeply

sup then sell, discard the shell

make ready your home

to keep out the cold brisk dawn

that will fall too soon

her face is your pearl, your heart

you must bind, for wedded bliss

share salt tears of joy

even when her luster fades -

as you both will age

©JP/davh

Note: just for fun I went to the Google translator:

from the post:

hamaguri no   futami ni wakare   yuku aki zo

Through Google translator (the second is this what you mean):

Hama guri no futa mi ni waka re yuku aki zo

Autumn to go is divided into Futami of clam -

My interpretation:

the clam of autumn like Futami is divided

Some, though not all clams have pearls, and the rest... just followed.

CD : 352 sunflower

CD 352-sunflower

I can only hope

that their heliotrope ways

brightened Van Gogh's days

©JP/davh

heliotrope: noun 3.any plant that turns toward the sun.

CD: 501 Strawberry

CD -501-strawberry

little red dots lay

within the grasses; wild,

free for the taking

cultivated from forest

floors - relative of the rose

I like mine as jam

sometimes with peanut butter

confused little fruit...

©JP/davh

Strawberry Information

CD : imagination 10

CD imagination-10

many years over

the arbor, green vine climbing

waits now for July

to bloom its’ small white blossoms

stars winking in the day for

moths, butterfly, bugs -

entrance to my yard; hidden

from the busy street

©JP/davh

CD : 500 gingko leaves

CD 500-gingko-leaves

gingko while ginko

fortunate and fertile be

your imagination

if memory can serve us

let us too, hop, skip and dance

your imagination

fortunate and fertile be

gingko while ginko

©JP/davh

CD : tan renga 41

CD -tan-renga-challenge-41

a fallen flower

flew back to its perch

a butterfly                                      (Moritake)

colorful leaves swirling

through the empty streets               (Chèvrefeuille) - Carpe Diem host

*******

a fallen flower

flew back to its perch

a butterfly                                      (Moritake)

with care, she snips the flower

in a vase, for her table                   ©JP/davh

CD : Special 99

CD -special-99-brunuhvilles-5th

in the shadows fly

strong soft face, not at all shy

to fight and save fae

racing hearts without fearing

protect what is endearing

traditions and ways

that unfold the old into

grand new futures high!

©JP/davh

CD : HS 11 : kitten

CD haiku-shuukan-11-kitten

little ball of fur

from the playground I rescued

lucky black cat you

©JP/davh

Note: lucky for the cat, briefly anyway.

Door left open once too often...

CD : 499 buttercups

CD -499-buttercups

The 17th century nursery rhyme:

‘Buttercup, buttercup why do you glow?

The sun hits your petals and that’s when I know,

You make my chin yellow with buttery light,

It’s bread with your butter for supper tonight,

So come with me buttercup, come and you’ll see,

You can make butter for baby and me.’

~~~~~~~

haiku

remember painting

my chin yellow, long ago -

blind coyote eyes

~~~~~~~

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus

There remains some question as to the validity of the claim:

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2007/06/13/nursery-rhyme-discovered-with-no-sexual-connotation-127/

I am always learning something new.

I hope you like to, too.

©JP/davh

CD : Ghost Writer 14 Creation

CD -ghost-writer-14

Creation by Gillena Cox of Lunch Break

spring rain-

all things on earth

become beautiful

© Chiyo-Ni

*

browns doves on the lawn

one, then another; do they

ever remain alone

© Gillena Cox (2009-04)

*

intentions and fruit

blossoms, ‘whether’ challenges

emotional growth?

angels, gods, faith, universe;

waking to a new day, live

c JP/davh

CD : 498 butterfly

CD 498-butterfly

1.

guardians of gates

leading to the magic of

the fae; butterfly

2.

drying wings, she waits

butterfly of the season

adding bright color

3.

patterns, messages

you have been invited now

the Monarch awaits

c JP/davh

CD : 497 nakeness

CD 497-nakedness

1

open raw wound layers

exposed frail bones there and cracked

foundations, see repairs

2

relentless the sun

burns through many layers, leaving

taunt lobster-like skin

3

thoughts lining his skin

heart flow of ink was his tat

remembering ‘Mom’

4

bare, souls of poets; like

graceful prayer flags hanging

in the elements

5

all words are equal

in their nakedness, speaking

honest intentions

cJP/davh

CD : 496 hiking

CD 496-hiking

a young child travels

almost lost in the great wood

lonely and alone

draws on inner strength, grows up-

perhaps too soon, forfeits youth

exits the trail head

a different person than

the one who entered

c JP/davh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail

CD : special 98 : lively

CD -special-98-brunuhvilles-4th

a haibun

lively

she danced to save her life

even with covered vails

across her face, her grace

the movements drew him

to want to understand her motivation

to find her inspiration for innovation

to see if he could tame or capture

and slowly release the magic she

possesed and contained

prize; orphan of war

groomed of silt and mud, perfumed

she could dance higher...

c JP/davh

CD : HS 10

CD haiku-shuukan-10-jacobs-ladder

her tears of joy fell

from the sky and grew upward

dainty blue petals

cJP/davh

CD : Tanka Shrine 4

CD -tanka-shrine-4

to what served; shadowed

by the entrance, entrances

mangled broken bike

stripped of value, left and lost

silent memorial rusts

cJP/davh

note; stripped; verb 4.to deprive or divest: to strip

a tree of its bark; to strip him of all privileges.

CD tan renga 40

CD-tan-renga-challenge-40-one yellow leaf

clinging to the bank

where water wrestles with rock –

one yellow leaf                                                              © Jen

blown by the wind, made brittle

by the sun, under my foot cJP/davh

CD : 495 hot springs

CD 495-hot-springs

opening pores heat

enters deep into the soul

the third eye wakens

cJP/davh

CD : 494 creek

CD 494-creek

the half moon waxing

this morning; too far from the

creek - no reflection

c JP/davh

CD Ghost Writer 13

CD -ghost-writer-13-Kuheli

from Fukuda Chiyo-ni’s garden -

suzushisa ya / suso karamo fuku / yabu tatami

the coolness

on the bottom of her kimono

in the bamboo grove

© Chiyo-ni

splash!

by the pond

a frog jumps into

incense

in layers of her *saree

evening rituals

© Kuheli S

dust soap for the wren

on the other side of the

chain link; protected

twittering in the morning

shade; she performs her routine

c JP/davh

CD Quote 6 Albert Einstein

CD use-that-quote-6-albert-einstein

[...] "Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and

soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person." [...]

~Albert Einstein

artistic muse, holds

hands; guides, directs written thoughts -

always a student

always a student

reaching, teaching, expecting

to bow, grateful smile

c JP/davh

CD : 493 canyon

CD 493-canyon

through natural canyons

to Half Moon Bay - down then up,

down to the cold shore

where the fierce ocean wind beats

the tree trunk and branches back

sculpting huge bonsai

from the brave coastal pine trees

resting atop cliffs

cJP/davh

http://www.halfmoonbaychamber.org/visiting-coast/beaches-parks

Note the photo by Michael Wong on this link is similar to the beach I visited,

yesterday. Not warm enough for swimming - at least in the morning when

we went. Nice little community though. You can find more about the area

by looking up Half Moon Bay, CA.