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courtesan and monk,
sleeping under one roof together,
moon in a field of clover

ah but seasons never stay
soon gold and red falling

first snowflakes -
my outstretched hand
receiving
[Verse 1 © Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille) Verses 2&3 © gillena cox 2018]


Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
#1529 Together ... (Tan Renga Challenge)
Chèvrefeuille prompts us to Tan Renga given a Basho Haiku

courtesan and monk,
sleeping under one roof together,
moon in a field of clover
© Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)

ah but seasons never stay
soon gold and red falling

first snowflakes -
my outstretched hand
receiving
© gillena cox 2018


AND


Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Winter

ah but seasons never stay
soon gold and red falling

first snowflakes -
my outstretched hand
receiving
© gillena cox 2018


REVISIT
24 October 2015
24 October 2013
24 October 2011

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[snow animation from google dot com]

i remember snow
soft white flakes kissing my cheeks -
winter vacation
© gillena cox 2017



Sunday Smiles
Remember last Sunday i mentioned there are three significant birthdays for me in October. Well the other two are Tomorrow: my husband AND Wednesday: my granddaughter
Happy Birthday!!! Anthony AND Zuri.




Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #56 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below



Enjoy The Music
Amor Amor Amor by Despers Steel Orchestra


Blog hopping today at

Poetry Pantry #375

AND


Recuerda Mi Corazon
- remembering snowflakes


AND


Carpe Diem
Winter Retreat - Life is beautiful

Revisit
Sunday Lime 56
Sunday Savvy 56
15 October 2013

1948

[image from google dot come]

That winter, when the cold winds, so fierce, so real, so new, blows me into an almost curve. There i am feeling new feelings, feelings without names, weird howlings, my heart never knew existed. The kind i had up till then, been reading about in books, called novels. Reading is a good pasttime i'm always been told. Yet this wind is more like a metaphor, unreal, something representing something else.

vacation winds -
a howling in my heart asks
where are you my love
© gillena cox 2016

Revisit
Friday's Ramble
Hoarding Chocolates 14
October cheer


Written for
Carpe Diem #1038 snow


[the prompt quote]
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” - Lewis Caroll

❧✿❧

[my song choice for today]

1911

a string of prayer beads -
on a sultry summer's night
young princess chanting

one weeping willow
a leaf shadow oasis -
where the palm trees grow

camels on posters -
a cruise ship drops its anchor
left behind the snow

rainbow wishes span
a bright yellow blossom near -
the stone Buddha shrine
© gillena cox 2016


written for Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #84 Back In Time "Carpe Diem Full Circle"


Here are the twelve words Chèvrefeuille asked us to use
1. summer
2. princess
3. willow
4. oasis
5. palmtree(s)
6. camels
7. cruise-ship
8. snow
9. rainbow
10. yellow
11. shrine
12. prayer (or praying)