Category: Carpe Diem

  • Read more: Curiosity

    Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: And now it is up to you to create the 2nd stanza (2-lines), the 3rd stanza (3-lines) and the 4th stanza (2lines) inspired / associated on the given haiku. the sound of the surf enters my home…

  • Read more: Night of Firefly

    Today at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, the Tan Renga Challenge is a Hineri (with a twist) challenge and that means you have to create a Tan Renga and two other stanza, so you have to create not only the second…

  • Read more: Passing Through

    Today at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, we are tasked with creating a Tan  Renga using the Haiku below created by Chiyo-Ni. waterweed floating away, despite  the butterfly’s weight on it   © Chiyo-Ni (Tr. Ueda) drifting through a rainbow after a midsummer…

  • Read more: Sun Flowers

    The theme for our last weekend-meditation at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai was Sunflower and Ken has created a wonderful haiku to work with and create a Tan Renga with. You have to add the second stanza (2-lines approx. 14 syllables)…

  • Read more: Cold Moon

    Today’s prompt at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is to create a Tan Renga from Jane Reichhold’s Haiku, below.   bright enough to write a poem the cold moon looks on and patiently waits for my muse to show up.  …

  • Read more: Renga with Jane Reichhold

    Today at Carpe Diem Haiku I challenge you to create a renga with Jane Reichhold’s haiku. As you all know you may choose your own “line-up” and try to create a “closed chain” through an association on the “hokku” (starting…

  • Read more: One Candle Burning

    Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #69: Returning to Now. This week our mission is to create a Haiku, and then a Troiku out of that. One candle burning monks deep in meditation Buddha’s dimpled cheeks. One candle burning snow melts on…