Beach Diamonds to Art Deco

For this Renga With Jane Reichhold, Chèvrefeuille has chosen six (6) haiku from her online Saijiki “A Dictionary of Haiku”. Here are the haiku to work with:


beach diamonds

a new day crystallized

in sunny surf foam

colony of seagulls scrapping

over yesterday’s French fries.

 

white pussy willows

above a muddy swollen river

fat raindrops

flatten their bouffant hair-dos

droop like soggy cotton balls.

 

light carried in my arms

apple blossoms from a neighbor

on my doorstep

next to fresh bottles of milk

and the morning paper

 

Tai Chi on the beach

one gull watches

with outstretched wing

moral support is found

in unexpected places

 

between the fields

a break in the evening mist

three lilac bushes

call attention to themselves

shimmering in scented dew

 

shades of art deco

lying on the beach

abalone shells

a pastel kaleidoscope

without the thunderstorm


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6 responses to “Beach Diamonds to Art Deco”

  1. msjadeli Avatar

    beautiful! the soggy hairdos of the pussy willows is precious <3

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar

      Thank you, msjadeli! :-)

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      1. msjadeli Avatar

        You are welcome.

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  2. Marie Avatar

    I love the collection of haiku here. So well written. My favorite is the first one. “Beach diamonds/a new day crystallized/in sunny surf foam”. Thanks for sharing. <3

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar

      You’ve made my day, Marie. Thank you for the lovely comments. :-)

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      1. Marie Avatar

        Super late response but I’m glad. Always a pleasure stopping by your blog. :)

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