Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "find the silence" 5 awakening

Dear friends,

Carpe Diem's Winter Retreat has started and it is really a joy to read all those wonderful submissions themed "find the silence". And what a joy it is to create haiku (or tanka) themed "find the silence" on my personal weblog.

Here is my new entree for the Winter Retreat:

in deep silence
thoughts tumbling through my mind
awakening

© Chèvrefeuille

Awakening

See you ...

 

Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 Find The Silence #4 mesmerizing

Dear friends,

What a challenge this is ... an every day haiku or tanka themed "find the silence" and today I have tried to create another haiku. Maybe you know Santoka Taneda, he was a so called "free-style" haiku poet and he never used the 5-7-5 count or a kigo. I am a fan of his style so I thought I do a "free-style" haiku this time, or as I called it myself ... a haiku in the Kanshicho-style (in the way of the Chinese poem).

the waterfall
ah! that sound ...
mesmerizing

© Chèvrefeuille

See you ....

Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "find the silence" #3 old temple

Dear friends,

Here is my third haiku for the Winter Retreat of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. A period of 30 days in which I will (try to) write a haiku or tanka every day themed "find the silence". If you like to participate in this Winter Retreat than visit: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

an old temple
shelter for the night -
a Nightingale sings


© Chèvrefeuille

The above haiku isn't a recent one it is part of a haibun I wrote inspired on Basho's "Narrow Road Into The Deep North". That haibun was titled "My Narrow Road". Tomorrow I will be back again with another haiku or tanka for the Winter Retreat.

See you ...

Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "find the silence" #2 incense

Dear friends,

The day before yesterday I started the Winter Retreat at my other weblog Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, a period of 30 days writing a haiku (or tanka) every day, themed "find the silence". In my haiku (and recently tanka) silence is a theme I love to use so this Winter Retreat must be easy for me, but 30 days creating a haiku or tanka on silence every day will also be a challenge to me.

deep silence
only whispered prayers -
the scent of incense

© Chèvrefeuille

Incense (image found on Pinterest)

Well ... see you ....

Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "find the silence" 1 deep silence

Dear friends,

It has been a while, but my other weblog Carpe Diem Haiku Kai takes to much time to publish more often here at my personal weblog.
Yesterday I started the first Carpe Diem Winter Retreat, a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a haiku or tanka every day themed "find the silence".

Here is my first haiku for this Winter Retreat:

deep silence
only the sound of rain
on my window

© Chèvrefeuille

See you ...