Thursday, December 31, 2015

Falls gladly



The delicate wrists, breaking the provincial canons of time,
grazed at monotonous landscapes & lifeless interiors,
brought her fame.
Munching looming twilight a new car & the muse resolutely
rippled through loneliness of streets to fresh beginning...

wet winter tufts
built up burden on cartwheels
way to obscurity

by MMT





Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Birth

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                  Dark pine needles
                  pointed to the sky
                  had ripped its cover
                  a newborn butterfly soared
                  between two racing rain drops


Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI


Monday, December 28, 2015

The sky of tomorrow

Photo by Svetlana Kvashina ~ pinterest


                                                 *  
                                     writing vibes...
                                     saturated clouds
                                     taking detour
                                     on my nose
                                     blossoming snowflakes

                                            **
                                     foretell
                                     the sky of tomorrow
                                     full moon rises

                                           ***
                                    at the beach
                                    the secret of loneliness
                                    pink shells


Saturday, December 26, 2015

Cherished song

Photo credits:  Deviant Art (Eredel)


so fragile

it hangs on the bough

novel snow

reminisce

cherry tree petals skydive

wear woodlands in snow


by MMT #39



Friday, December 18, 2015

know where to walk...

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Walking, walking…
oak in December mood
wood still
till wind blow
low degrees
trees trembling
inked skies
eyes are squeezed
is the weather warm enough?
ruff! ruff! – a dog guarding door
for next two months
chance for a big snow
knowing where is New Year Star, akin
kings walking, walking…

Shared with PU Poetry Pantry

Thursday, December 17, 2015

weaving a nest

 
Protection of important things ~ by Brooke Shaden


                             weaving a nest
                    a fest brought close
                    dose of bird's cycle
                    sigh call of past
                    fast rendezvous
                    vow to bond
                    fond of bounty nature
                    nurtured weaving a nest


Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Squares



Squares…
arrow where we meet
committed the following
wing-clipped
it’s fatal
at all the sizes
as we step in footstep
ape-creatures
chores, our day’s eye
design filled with
ease – sometimes white
bright – you look back
ache, hurt to be one
unapproved – switch
itch/inch to black
echoing squares…


Read more at: Photo Challenge at Mindloveisery's Menagerie

Shared with PU Mid-Week Motif: design

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Walking sage

Basho's Deep road ~ sonic. net

*
walking sage
late afternoon tranquility
sun still scene

**
rocks
thrown in the river
by mount foot

***
thump inside
climbing the mossy shrine
my whole being

****
linked verse
guided to the forest of error
clear note of reed pipe


Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Saturday, December 12, 2015

sliding in the sun

flickr.com

~&~

Deepest of Honshu
island finds color and shades
sliding in the sun


~&~


coastline
thoughts soaking in the garden
even goldfish


~&~


in the hardship
traveling wandering journey
ants and I


Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Circular poem


The patterns go
flow – vertical, horizontal
tall and short, throughout
out I go when tired
red makes me believe
leaves have second life
strive I drink pure water
tore the pages of past
at last I can write much more
bored? not – always at new
venue to discover what tickle
call from empowered fates
fades the patterns’ go…


Thursday, December 10, 2015

the journey continues

Iris

goodfon.su/wallpaper


On the horizon
tall lined town homes walls
the rain
bow to the fresh iris leaves
fell from the roof
a prayer for good health


By the river



tall sedges clusters
scattered tombstones by temple
among the trees

darkening sky
listening to ding-dong curfew
no rain

dividing the day
boisterous song of blind minstrel
fishermen catch

morning sun
the homage to the great god
creative mind
built vermillion fencing
bows before altar


Islands

Far out into the sea
stretching caressing sand palms
islands of Matsushima
pines piles bend under the wind
curved in exquisite lines
endowed of feminine grace



Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Distorted colors



Dear souls
passed over to the next room
in silence

they know, feel
appear in the placid moment
our thoughts

touching surface
a tissue of growing
self-planted forest

trees and bushes
to mark the security
shape truth

the obituary
evoked by distorted colors
so resonant life


Read more at: Three Word Wednesday, PU Mid-Week Motif

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Autumn reflections

Osprey drops on nest ~ by  Minnesotabirder.com


Winged grace
fitting in the past
witnesses the last steps

Winged grace
osprey nest on the tall pole
stays on the trail

Fitting in the past
time tracks tricky patterns
same size shoes

Witnesses the last steps
facing a passage
in his eyes


Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Autumn reflections

Friday, December 4, 2015

into the deep north

*
willow tree
mourning dead at Murder stone
by the hot spring

**
barrier-gate
invitation to taste rice
across the field
mixed with sounds of wind
blooming syllables of poems

***
shadow pond
recollection of ancient poets
in my journal
pure snow white fields
wordless



Thursday, December 3, 2015

a summer journey


through the misty hat
pulled down to the mount foot
a glance
eyes of defeated serpent
pierced my heart


a waterfall
parted the curtain
huge leap
to shrine craggy cave
seen from behind


Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Winter

wallpapers

Lackadaisical at times, she's makeshifting along the snow banks and trails, filling emptiness – visual and ethereal.
Now we have sufficient excuse:  cold, winter - it’s safe to 
stay at home.
Its white colored flesh – a new nude, hiding so many winterers yet provoking to peek within.
Who knows where Grail has been buried…

winter
between fall and spring
boot camp


Tuesday, December 1, 2015

White

*
Snow
building white mountains
over dry plants

**
the car
trying on a new dress
ivory – the best?

***
snowy day
digging in deep doubts
until afternoon


 Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Thin ice excuse



The soul climbs out…
its bare branch-bone grabs a cold
snowy ground,
elaborates: why grass has
one more chance to send stalk blades…

holograms
penetrating the sun skin
through the first snow -
thin ice excuse…

not knowing
how to cover our wounds, we
forever breathe/form
layers/foam of steam, snow banks
blocks boldly into our lives’
adjourned ajour …

Monday, November 30, 2015

Tavan Bogd

flickr.com


Tavan Bogd mountains
the noise - growing intense
on the border
listening to shaman drums
the neighbors dream of peace

                                                              
                                                           
Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Tastes

Joachim Beuckelaer, 1560


Beyond dispute
the tastes are different
when a table is covered

Read more at: Magpie Tales

Saturday, November 28, 2015

First snow

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*
night walk
where did the full moon hide
gratitude

**
seasonal greetings
I taste snow morning
in old shoes

***
first steps
the wind stumbles in the snow
every year



Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Shared with PU Poetry Pantry

Friday, November 27, 2015

Antlers

pinterest.com


*
flying deer
when we have reached a hilltop
on the rock

**
magma World tree
that shamans climb
meet the spirit

***
through deer antlers
mighty deities talk
life and death


Thursday, November 26, 2015

Sacred valley


*
Stronger wind
climbing one of the dunes
reached the top

**
mountains
belted brain bravery
stretched around the valley

***
petroglyphs
how vague –time dimension
carvings of Tuvan world



Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Winterers

scientificamerican.com


Falling leaves
covered up underground
a roof of winterers



Read more at: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: paradox

Reading nature

iphonephotographyschool.com

*
Bare couture
who cares in transparent age
play-sky dive open

**
on fly, so vital
puddingly cruel
lambs-like entourage

***
in flower facets
true-read  yellow-violet cups
ambrosia


Sunday, November 22, 2015

The thought

painting by Rubens Peale


I had the thought
hasn’t reached the pen
hasn’t made to field
of lines and spaces
tides and ebbs.

Its flesh filled fall
drifts in the holy mist
light cloud
above abyss’
hidden secrets.

Tamed magpie
hazelnut eye pass
a glitter ring in the beak
who dares to lost
the last word to speak…

by Brenda Warren



Read more at: Magpie Tales , The Sunday Whirl 

Shared with PU Poetry Pantry

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Vista

Vistas Altai Mountains ~ wallpapers


*
Eagle’s wide vista
from the peak of Altai
hills breathe peacefully.

**
Serrated snow tops
punctured grey sky vista
to storm.

***
Shaman song
a new vista
to faith.



Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Ovoo

Credits: Ovoo (Sacred stones) ~ courtesy of  Chèvrefeuille


*
Altai Mountains
follow the path of the shaman
altar of sacred stones

**
Cairn of ovoo
on the top of mountains
small stone in my sandal

***
strewed sand in the face
spirit passing Altai steppes –
honking of the horn

****
rewinding time
traveling safe journey
I add my story

*****
at the end of summer
a blue khadag open sky
light the fire