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[photo collage - 'postal bits']


[photo collage - 'postal bits' - Crop 1]


[photo collage - 'postal bits' Crop 2]


[water colour 5 by 7 inches 'Mirror']

cloths to cover all mirrors
as grandmother used to
© gillena cox 2019

i grew up seeing my grandmother covering mirrors during heavy rains when there is lightning flashes. i also do so still



[MOO 'Winged']




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Carpe Diem
#1671 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (18) lightning flash
haiku prompt
lightning flash–
what I thought were faces
are plumes of pampas grass
© Basho (Tr. unknown; taken from "The Small Road Into The Deep North")

today's 'lightning flash' Tan Renga
lightning flash–
what I thought were faces
are plumes of pampas grass/mb

cloths to cover all mirrors
as grandmother used to /gc



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Week 13 Year 9


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POSTAL BITS

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#192 Things with Wings



REVISIT
31 May 2018
31 May 2015
31 May 2014



ENJOY THE VIDEO

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[image from google dot com]

a moon in the night sky
flowers scent the alley
© gillena cox 2019


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Carpe Diem
#1668 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (15) flower fragrance

haiku prompt
coming to sea cliffs
the off-shore breeze raises
a flower fragrance
© Jane Reichhold
(from her online "Dictionary of Haiku" section Summer, subsection Celestial)



today's 'flower fragrance' Tan Renga
coming to sea cliffs
the off-shore breeze raises
a flower fragrance /jr

a moon in the night sky
flowers scent the alley /gc


REVISIT
28 May 2017
28 May 2015
28 May 2014

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[red hibiscus bud from google dot com]

walking by without stopping
hibiscus buds on a shrub
© gillena cox 2019


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Carpe Diem
#1667 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (14) Hibiscus Red ... Raymond Roseliep

haiku prompt
unable
to get hibiscus red
the artist eats the flower
© Raymond Roseliep (1917 – 1983)
- a poet and contemporary master of the English haiku and a Catholic priest. He has been described as "the John Donne of Western haiku
More about Raymond Roseliep


today's 'Hibiscus Red' Tan Renga
unable
to get hibiscus red
the artist eats the flower /rr

walking by without stopping
hibiscus buds on a shrub /gc



REVISIT
27 May 2018
27 May 2016
27 May 2015

ENJOY THE MUSIC

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Renga With Richard Wright - 'THE UPTURNED BROOM'
All right, You Sparrows;
The sun has set and you can now
Stop your chattering!

to standing ovation
the curtain reopens

You moths must leave now;
I am turning out the light
And going to sleep.

upturned broom in a corner
knowing glances slyly passed

Make up you mind, Snail!
You are half inside your house,
And halfway out!

a vanishing overcast
with chicken hawks circling

One magnolia
Landed upon another
In the dew-wet grass.

skipping to morning light
Tropical Mocking birds

Keep straight down this block,
Then turn right where you will find
A peach tree blooming

walking amids honking horns
the morning rush of traffic
[3-liners © Richard Wright; 2-liners © gillena cox]


NOTE: According to a trini superstition ... if you have a visitor who is reluctant to leave when it's time for him to leave, then you turn a broom upide down and place it in a corner of the house. In that way the visitor will take his immediate exit.




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Carpe Diem #1532 Richard Wright's "A Red Sinking Autumn Sun"
The prompt from Chèvrefeuille
For this episode I love to challenge you to create a Renga With Richard Wright. That means: I will give you six haiku. You may choose your own line-up and add your two-lined stanzas. Here are the six haiku to work with:

I am nobody:
A red sinking autumn sun
Took my name away.

Keep straight down this block,
Then turn right where you will find
A peach tree blooming.

Make up you mind, Snail!
You are half inside your house,
And halfway out!

You moths must leave now;
I am turning out the light
And going to sleep.

All right, You Sparrows;
The sun has set and you can now
Stop your chattering!

One magnolia
Landed upon another
In the dew-wet grass.

© Richard Wright




THE RENGA
I am nobody:
A red sinking autumn sun
Took my name away /rw

this day melts in golden sky
its colour fed to the moon /gc

All right, You Sparrows;
The sun has set and you can now
Stop your chattering!

to standing ovation
the curtain reopens /gc

You moths must leave now;
I am turning out the light
And going to sleep. /rw

upturned broom in a corner
knowing glances slyly passed /gc

Make up you mind, Snail!
You are half inside your house,
And halfway out! /rw

a vanishing overcast
with chicken hawks circling /gc

One magnolia
Landed upon another
In the dew-wet grass. /rw

skipping to morning light
Tropical Mocking birds /gc

Keep straight down this block,
Then turn right where you will find
A peach tree blooming /rw

walking amids honking horns
the morning rush of traffic /gc


REVISIT
30 October 2016
30 October 2015
30 October 2014

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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


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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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[feather image for this Tan Renga from Bing dot com]


a feather in the corner lay
only wind could have brought this
© gillena cox


Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (13) Withered Pampas Leaves
haigo prompt from Krisjaan
A hat to cover
The body of our master,
Withered pampas leaves.
© Shinshi (haigo of Takarai Kikaku)


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Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Evidence/Clues
prompted by Susan

REVISIT
19 September 2015
19 September 2013
19 September 2012

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[image for this tan renga from google dot com]


driftwood in the sands
stares sculpting meaning
© gillena cox


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[image for this tan renga from Bing dot com]


wolf's cry -
doors and shutters tightly closed
nightfall
© gillena cox 2018



Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (12) clouds and waves

Prompt: Here is the haiku ("hokku") to work with and complete into a Tan Renga by adding your 2nd two-lined stanza:

clouds and waves
carry my dreams away
tugging my anchor
© Dolores


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Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (11) the dim glow of a campfire

[...] "He felt so lost, he said later, that the familiar studio felt like a haunted valley deep in the mountains, with the smell of rotting leaves, the spray of a waterfall, the sour fumes of fruit stashed away by a monkey; even the dim glow of the master's oil lamp on its tripod looked to him like misty moonlight in the hills."[...]
© Akutagawa Ryūnosuke

From the above quote : this distillation is our prompt

Haunted valley deep in the mountains
The dim glow of a campfire
© Chèvrefeuille

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[apple image from Bing dot com used for this Tan Renga]


she sits back against tree trunk
in serenade of bird songs
Ⓒ gillena cox 2018



Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (6) An Apple, Alone
Prompted by Kristjaan with this haiku and asked to add a 2 liner
Une pomme, seul
dans le verger abandonné
rougissent pour l'hiver

One apple, alone
in the abandoned orchard
reddens for winter
Ⓒ Patrick Blanche (Tr. Michael R. Burch)



revisit
10 September 2017
10 September 2016
10 September 2015

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[image sourced from a Bing search]


azure clear day
the dearth of bird songs
quite noticable
© gillena cox 2018


Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (5) The Temple Bell Stops
PROMPT: © Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) (taken from "Narrow Road")
The temple bell stops but I still hear
the sound coming out of the flowers


REVISIT
6 September2017
6 September2016
6 September2015

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[image courtesy Carpe Diem]

Carpe Diem #1273 Into The Sea - Tan Renga

melting into the sea
the full moon
leaves a candle bright © Jane Reichhold (1937-2016

trees in sihouette perform
dramatic ballet with the wind © gillena cox 2017


Carpe Diem #1275 nakedness
rural country rain -
the naked boys leave footprints
in the squelching mud
© gillena cox 2017


Carpe Diem #1274 Ryuko-ji (compassion)
morning glory
of a delicate tint
like sky above
© gillena cox 2017



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Revisit
11 October 2015

2110

[my granddaughter, in pink; on vacation, in New York Dec 2016]

first snow
Caribbean mittened hands
etch angels
© gillena cox 2017



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Blog hopping with today with

Thursday Challenge
"STORM (week 1 of 2)" (Dark Clouds, Rain, Lightning, Hail, Snow,...)


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Carpe Diem
#1199 prayer flags, messengers for the gods

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[Temple in the sea Waterloo, Trinidad, photo taken 2012]

gusts of wind -
prayer flags
their mantras
© gillena cox 2017

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[image courtesy Carpe Diem]

Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #19 in the light of dawn

in the light of dawn
sunflowers reach to the blue sky
praising their Creator
© Chèvrefeuille

bright splendor of Poui Trees
beckon from the mountainsides
© gillena cox 2017

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[image courtesy Carpe Diem]


a wandering crow
its old nest has become
a plum tree

lingering twilight adds
a coat of gold to evening

washed in silhouettes
her cabin dons a creepy mien -
bedtime stories

a cricket withholds its chirp
green leaves wet with dew

coffee aromas
in hushed tones of morning's breath -
earnest prayers

feet slipping into sandals
to continue trek of scenes
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[image courtesy Carpe Diem]


wind in the pines
swirls upward to heaven
whispered prayers

her steady trust of needle
beauty embroiders itself
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Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #18 a wandering crow (Matsuo Basho)

This pre-script was not by Basho himself, it was added by Doho in his book Sho O Zen-den. In this poem Basho compares himself to the crow painted on the screen. Instead of lodging in the simplicity of a crow's nest, he sleeps among plum blossoms because he is staying with an elegant friend. Crows are not usually considered a migrating bird, but the idea of a wandering crow means a bird of passage or a priest on a journey. (Source: "Basho's Complete Haiku" by Jane Reichhold)

a wandering crow
its old nest has become
a plum tree
-hokku © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

lingering twilight adds
a coat of gold to evening

washed in silhouettes
her cabin dons a creepy mien -
bedtime stories

a cricket withholds its chirp
green leaves wet with dew

coffee aromas
in hushed tones of morning's breath -
earnest prayers

feet slipping into sandals
to continue trek of scenes
- verses 2-6 © gillena cox

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Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #17 wind in the pines (Candy)

wind in the pines
swirls upward to heaven
whispered prayers
© Candy

her steady trust of needle
beauty embroiders itself
© gillena cox


Revisit
30th May 2016
30th May 2015
30th May 2014

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[image courtesy Carpe Diem]


a drop of dew
sits on a rock
like a diamond

treasure of morning coolness
before the sun grips today
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[image courtesy Carpe Diem]


ancient road…
the trails of the masters
absorbed in fallen leaves

bared twigs pointing directions
choices we now must reach for
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[image from google dot com]


a stone for a pillow
me, just another cicada ...
so shrill, like crying


...........embers of a camp fire
yet, we pledge our friendships
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[image from google dot com]


Springtime in Edo,
Not a day passes without
A temple bell sold.

pounding of hammer and nails
and old church bell is silent
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bamboo
waving candlelight into the night
wind

nights of Divali lightings
the flicker of deya flames
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[image courtest Carpe Diem]


ants busy themselves
under a weeping willow
as old as the hills
© gillena cox
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Blog hopping today with Carpe Diem


Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #16 a drop of dew (Bosha)

a drop of dew
sits on a rock
like a diamond
© Kawabata Bosha (1897-1941)

treasure of morning coolness
before the sun gripes today
© gillena cox

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a stone for a pillow
me, just another cicada ...
so shrill, like crying
© Kawabata Bosha (1897-1941)

...........embers of a camp fire
yet, we pledge our friendships
© gillena cox



Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #15 ancient road (Adjei Agyei Baah)

ancient road…
the trails of the masters
absorbed in fallen leaves
© Adjei Agyei-Baah

bared twigs pointing directions
choices we now must reach for
© gillena cox



Carpe Diem
#14 Springtime (Kikaku)

Springtime in Edo,
Not a day passes without
A temple bell sold.
© Kikaku

pounding of hammer and nails
and old church bell is silent
© gillena cox



Carpe Diem
Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #13 bamboo (Jane Reichhold)

bamboo
waving candlelight into the night
wind
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)

nights of Divali lightings
the flicker of deya flames
© gillena cox



Carpe Diem
Universal Jane #17 fragment and phrase

Ah! that coolness
the willows' shadow
on a hot summerday
© Chèvrefeuille

ants busy themselves
under a weeping willow
as old as the hills
© gillena cox


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