haiku

Oneness of High and Low

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The oneness emphasized in
Carpe Diem Theme Week “The Songs of Milarepa”
(2) “flying clouds”

encourages becalmed sailors.

becalmed-ship

© Nilspr | Dreamstime.com

Heralds in the Sky
 Flying clouds reveal
 unseen wind above limp sails.
 The crew dares to hope.

haiku, photography, seasons

Chiaroscuro

Autumn is the best season of the year and also the shortest, unless we submit to calendar tyranny and say that “late fall” includes the leafless gray weeks before the winter solstice.
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I have a daylight photo that looks much like a shot of the full moon thru colored leaves, so I can illustrate Chèvrefeuille’s beautiful evocation of true autumn while responding to

Carpe Diem Haiku Experiment #1 an introduction

with a short haiku (in 3-5-3 form) about how short the season is.

© Chèvrefeuille
|light of the full moon
|shines through colored leaves
|at last … autumn

Ending Too Soon
|Wind speeds up!
|Leaves fall in panic!
|Clouds roll in …