CD : 492 nights of summer

CD 492-nights-of-summer

missing fireflies - far

from our house, with you...I am

comfortably home

c JP/davh

CD : special 97

CD -special-97-brunuhvilles

BrunuhVille's "Riversong"

dry river bed waits

for the sparse rains, natural

springs whisper softly

c JP/davh

Note:

In my travels today, we saw

the wide empty rivers... just

waiting to direct torrents -

if and when they ever arrive

in this arid area.  

Tuesday Tryouts: A Fresh Translation?

Tuesday Tryouts: A Fresh Translation?

http://margoroby.com/2014/06/10/poem-tryouts-translate-it/

http://cheryllynnroberts.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/fraicheur-haiga/

Fraicheur (haiga)......................... Freshness

Vent doux caressant.................... gentle breeze caresses

corps brulant et bronzé................ burnt, tanned body

fraicheur délassée...................... relaxing in coolness

* * * * * * *

Brunante paisible........................ peaceful dusk allows

brise venant de l’océan................ breezes from the ocean

somnifère d’été........................... gentle summer sleep

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/069/11 cJP/davh

Please note:

I could not get WP to keep the format

so I posted 'here'.

Evidently 'B' wouldn't keep the format either so
I had to add the '...' to separate the verses

Apologies to those who have WP

I may post over there too

Just my piece will follow Cheyrl-Lynn's

CD : revise that haiku 6

yube ni mo asa ni mo tsukazu uri no hana

it belongs

neither to morning nor to evening

the flower of the melon

© Matsuo Basho (translation by R.H.Blyth)

in her realm

the flowers of the melon blooming

at noon

© Chèvrefeuille

CD revise-that-haiku-6-bashos

melon noon bloomer

abundant flowers sauteed with

butter; taste the sun

cJP/davh

Note: Perhaps it is true that some poetic minds think alike?

I, like Cheverefeuille,  also have ‘noon’ in my haiku because

I thought if the melon did not belong to the morning or evening,

what was left? :) I wonder how many of us thought this way?

CD : 491 horizon

CD -491-horizon

baked mountains dotted

with greenery lay westward

my view for two weeks

perhaps I will visit there;

pioneer regional park

too far to walk to

once there though, it should be a

good place to explore

c JP/davh

CD: HS 9 : new view

CD haiku-shuukan-9-idyllic

new view

above the car lot

beyond the highway, waiting

mountains take my breath

c JP/davh

CD : tan renga 39 Lou

CD -tan-renga-challenge-39-lou

Lou B.'s "the gargoyle takes flight"

warm sun gold limestone

embraced by creeping shadow

the gargoyle takes flight                      © Lou B of Scatterbraining

spitting out night rain from

his crystal throat, gutter mouth!           cJP/davh

*Note: while they often are made of stone

gargoyles had/have an alternate purpose

please see the link for the brass variety:

http://www.guttersupply.com/p-ornamental-gargoyles-copper.gstml