tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20892085853744124812024-02-19T12:47:18.556+01:00Chèvrefeuille's haiku-blogThis blog is about haiku. A classical haiku counts 5-7-5 syllables. Chèvrefeuille (the pseudonym of Kristjaan Panneman, a Dutch haiku poet) however writes his haiku in the Kanshicho-style. In the Kanshicho-style the classical syllable count isn't used. Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), a haiku poet, wrote his haiku in Kanshicho-style for several years, but he returned to the classical way of haiku writing. !!! Anonymous comments will be seen as SPAM !!!. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-41640167214137987122018-07-30T05:29:00.004+02:002018-07-30T05:29:58.792+02:00Shikoku Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
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Maybe you know I am hosting a daily haiku meme at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai (link on the right). At Haiku Kai I have a seasonly feature the so called "season-retreat". At the moment the Summer Retreat 2018 is on and the theme is "finding the way". So I have to create haiku (or tanka) themed "finding the way".<br />
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I have created a haiku inspired on this theme about the once in a lifetime pilgrimage of Buddhists along the 88 temples on the Island Shikoku. At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai we did this pilgrimage virtually back in 2014. <br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">Shikoku Island<br /> walking the path of Kobo Daishi –<br />Lotus from the deep</span></em></strong><br />
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(C) Chèvrefeuille<br />
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I hope to do this pilgrimage once in my lifetime too.<br />
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See you ...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-88391749877800012642018-01-23T04:31:00.001+01:002018-01-23T04:31:10.760+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within (3) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
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At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai our 2018 Winter Retreat is on. A period of 30 days to write haiku or tanka every day on a theme. This year's theme is "Peace Within" and I love to share a haiku here with you inspired on this theme:<br />
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one heartbeat<br />breathtaking views in the Himalayans<br />only me<br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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I love this haiku ... I can see the Himalayans in front of me, I feel the mountain breeze and the silence around me, makes my mind still ... in peace again ... peace within.<br />
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See you<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Nederland52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-82593436158147182752017-10-27T20:23:00.001+02:002017-10-27T20:23:24.984+02:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 "Life is Beautiful" - lotus flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
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As you know I am hosting a daily haiku meme at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and every season I start a so called "retreat", a period of 30 days in which the goal is to create haiku or tanka on a daily base with a theme. At the moment the 2017 Winter Retreat is running and the theme I have chosen is "Life is Beautiful".<br />
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So I thought to create a few poems with "Life is Beautiful" as theme, these poems are all themed "Life is Beautiful", but it's not always a poem in winter sphere.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">reaching for the sun<br />lotus flowers blooms from the mud<br />old pond changes</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">deep silence<br />even deeper as the nightingale starts to sing<br />beautiful life</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">snow falls gently<br />covers up the autumn fields<br />faraway sounds</span></b><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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See you ...<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Nederland52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-329535307647684372017-09-18T22:11:00.001+02:002017-09-18T22:11:07.330+02:00Imagination Without Limits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Welcome at a new post at Chèvrefeuille's Haiku blog. It has been a while, but I had my reasons for that. As you (maybe) know I am the owner and host of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, a daily haiku-meme also here at Blogger.<br />
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At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai we are busy with a new month full of beautiful CD Imagination episodes and today I shared an image of Lake Como (by Jonathan Reid) for inspiration. This month I am also experimenting with the haiku form. Say ... trying to create haiku like Santoka Taneda did. Taneda wrote haiku without using the "known" rules of haiku writing. I liked how he "played" with this wonderfull Japanese poetry form.<br />
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Let me share the CD Imagination image here with you too:<br />
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The above image was shot at Lake Como (Italy). It's a beautiful scene. Look at all those blueish colors and that magic light from the windows. A wonderful scene ...<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">passion<br />blue colors<br />sparkle</span></b><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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This is what I call an experimental haiku in the same spirit as Santoka Taneda.<br />
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Do you like to write and share haiku than you are invited to visit (and maybe participate) Carpe Diem Haiku Kai at: <a href="https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/">https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com</a><br />
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Have a great day.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6Nederland52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-66333616441675686072017-08-13T02:11:00.000+02:002017-08-13T02:11:39.119+02:00Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 departure #13 gone with the wind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
The Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 is running towards its end, August 15th 10:00 PM (CET) it will be closed, and this retreat I wasn't very active, because of all different reasons, but well ... <br />
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However I love to give it a try to catch up, but that means I have to do 18 other posts ... I don't know if that's possible but I will give it a try. Here is my 13th post to the CD Autumn Retreat 2017:<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">angry at the gods<br />she torns apart the holy scriptures<br />gone with the wind</span></strong><br />
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<em>post 14:</em></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">leaving school<br />an outcast he is<br />being gay</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>post 15:</em></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">autumn
departs<br />
in deep silence willow leaves fall -<br />
tears on this grave<br />
as the willow is green again<br />
another year has gone<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>post 16:</em></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">crystal
cobweb<br />
sparkles in the early sun<br />
dewdrops vaporize<br />
just a little while<br />
I felt a rich haiku poet<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">broken
branches<br />
last leaves ripped apart<br />
autumn departs<br />
the first snow starts to fall<br />
cuddling in front of the hearth<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">reflections<br />
scattered by autumn leaves<br />
the old pond<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">searching
wisdom<br />
I pray to Mother Earth<br />
before leaving<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">a last leaf<br />
swirls on the wind towards the east -<br />
first snow falls gently<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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Chèvrefeuille<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Well ... that's it for now .... see you</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-53654813018572499342017-08-01T20:32:00.001+02:002017-08-01T20:32:22.679+02:00Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 (9) leaving home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Maybe you have noticed it, but the Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 is running. This Retreat the theme is "departure" and I think it is a wonderful theme for autumn, but ... and that you will have seen also ... I am not a regular publisher in this Retreat, but I love to change that.<br />
<br />
So here is a new "impromptu" verse themed departure:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">leaving home<br />in a hurry<br />grandfather again</span></b><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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No ... I have not become a granddad again, it is a haiku I wrote, because two (2) of my grandchildren had birthday last month. And two (2) other grandchildren this month ...<br />
<br />
See you ...<br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-32350263935263801522017-07-29T21:19:00.002+02:002017-07-29T21:19:52.884+02:00Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 (8) farewell verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Here is entree 8 for the Autumn Retreat 2017:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">farewell verse<br />as I depart from the train station<br />forget me not</span></b><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-72950546124832299492017-07-26T18:05:00.001+02:002017-07-26T18:05:41.048+02:00Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 (7) leaving home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
As you maybe know I am hosting a daily haiku meme, also on blogspot, titled Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and maybe you know that I am initiating a seasonly retreat every season. The Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 is running already for a month and I have already read wonderful haiku and tanka, but until today I didn't publish a lot for this autumn retreat, so today that's going to change.<br />
The theme for the Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat is departure, because I associate autumn with departure and leaving or letting go ... not an easy theme maybe, but of course I just want to challenge you and myself.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">leaving home<br />the youngest son of four kids<br />finally on his own<br />cherishing the love of his life<br />being together as one</span></b><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
<br />
It's a strange idea that the last of your children is leaving the nest ... of course we all know that they have to go one day, but as that day comes it gives you a real feeling of departure ... your life as parents is changing immensely ... an empty nest ...<br />
<br />
See you again ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Netherlands52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-55414284879734656742017-05-08T21:42:00.001+02:002017-05-08T21:42:03.518+02:00Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (16) Unconditional love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Maybe you have followed my other blog Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and than (maybe) you have spotted our new Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017. It's running towards its end and I love to publish here a submission for this Summer Retreat themed Unconditional Love. Love is one of the most important emotions I think, and Unconditional Love is what we need here on our planet, because unconditional love has no boundaries and will always reach out to other people around you and around the world.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">without boundaries<br />I open my heart to spread love<br />on wings of birds</span></b><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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Without love we cannot reach our hands towards people around us. Love is really the only way to reach peace all over the globe.<br />
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Spread love,<br />
<br />
Chèvrefeuille<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Nederland52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-17460282482084695702017-02-05T03:09:00.001+01:002017-02-05T03:09:54.284+01:00Spring Retreat 2017 (5) praying hands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the CDHK Spring Retreat 2017 "fragile beauty":<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #674ea7;">praying hands<br />in front of Buddha<br />sweet incense</span></strong><br />© ChèvrefeuilleUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-2008648440473891172017-01-22T04:37:00.001+01:002017-01-22T04:37:32.087+01:00Carpe Diem Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty (3) young leaves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
As you maybe know I am hosting a daily haiku meme <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/"><strong>Carpe Diem Haiku Kai</strong></a>. This month we are on our way to Santiago de Compostela following that ancient pilgrimage route, but we also are busy with the Spring Retreat 2017 themed "fragile beauty", 30 days of writing at least one haiku a day to celebrate spring.<br />
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Feel free to visit and be part of this 30 days of writing haiku.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><strong>such
sadness<br />
to see tears on young leaves<br />
the bright sunlight</strong></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">© Chèvrefeuille</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">See you ...<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Nederland52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-55726407549832477092017-01-17T14:54:00.002+01:002017-01-17T14:55:15.225+01:00Spring Retreat 2017 "fragile beauty" 1 diamonds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Maybe you have read it somewhere, but else I love to tell you. Every year I organize a seasonly "retreat" and on January 15th I started with the Spring Retreat "fragile beauty". The "retreat" means 30 days of writing (at least) one haiku or tanka themed "fragile beauty".<br />
<br />
So here is my first "Spring Retreat" submission:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #45818e;">fresh fallen snow<br />fragily beauty covers the garden<br />blanket of diamonds</span></b><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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See you ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4Nederland52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-10420032590340280342016-12-10T22:54:00.002+01:002016-12-10T22:54:12.502+01:00Tanka Kukai "Winter Love"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Here is my submission for the first ever <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/2016/12/carpe-diems-tanka-kukai-one-winter-love.html">Tanka Kukai at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai</a>, my daily haiku meme. This first ever Tanka Kukai is themed "winter love" and here is my submission:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">wonderful
trees<br />
covered with fresh snow<br />
crystalizing sunlight<br />
the backyard covered with snow<br />
finally a white Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">©
Chèvrefeuille<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
If you would like to participate in this first ever Tanka Kukai "Winter Love" than visit the post about it <strong><a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.nl/2016/12/carpe-diems-tanka-kukai-one-winter-love.html">HERE</a></strong>.<br />
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See you ...<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Nederland52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-90874260471847225122016-12-10T14:05:00.001+01:002016-12-10T14:06:25.908+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "Find The Silence" #20 the sound of rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
The Winter Retreat of <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/"><b>Carpe Diem</b></a> is almost over. It runs until December 15th at 10.00 PM (CET), so just a few days to respond. This Winter Retreat was a joy, but also a challenge. Trying to write a haiku or tanka on a daily base wasn't easy, but as I see how many responded than it was for sure a success.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">the sound of rain<br />on the tin roof of the cabin<br />deepens the silence</span></b><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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See you ....<br />
<br />
PS. If you would like to participate .... than feel free to visit Carpe Diem Haiku Kai by clicking on the above (fat) link.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Netherlands52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-14674264639835487272016-12-07T19:55:00.001+01:002016-12-07T19:59:28.053+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "find the silence" #19 a tanka<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Just a few minutes ago I created a new post for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. In that episode I shared a tanka that was inspired on a piece of music, but it fits also the theme of the Winter Retreat, so I love to share that Tanka here too for the Winter Retreat of Carpe Diem.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">heavenly music</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">resonates through the neighborhood</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">early sunrise</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">birds praising their creator</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I embrace my love</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">© Chèvrefeuille</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Netherlands52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-74865633976430760102016-12-06T20:09:00.000+01:002016-12-06T20:09:12.490+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 find the silence #16 awakening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
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Another submissions for the Winter Retreat at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. This Winter Retreat is a period of 30 days in which the challenge is to create a haiku or tanka every day themed "find the silence".<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">in deep
silence<br />
thoughts tumbling through my mind<br />
awakening<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Chèvrefeuille</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">See you ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-17668163544247035632016-12-06T20:00:00.001+01:002016-12-06T20:01:23.695+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 Find The Silence #15 hidden glory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
It has been a while that i posted for the CD Winter Retreat, but time isn't at my side. I am a busy guy with a lot to do ...<br />
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hidden glory<br />
revealed as the mist evaporates<br />
broken bell<br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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See you ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-50098426113819563362016-12-01T18:31:00.004+01:002016-12-01T19:00:37.733+01:00carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "find the silence" #14 walk through the forest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
I has been a few days ago that I posted here at my personal weblog. I am (to) busy with my daily haiku meme Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Yesterday I started with the new month of Carpe Diem. This month I hope to inspire my visitors with classical music of all times and from all over the globe. Therefore for this Winter Retreat I have tried to bring the two things together.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The above music video gives you Ernesto Cortazar playing Beethoven’s Silence.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This music piece inspired me to create the following haiku:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">walk through the forest</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">only the sound of nature to enjoy</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ah! that silence</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">© Chèvrefeuille</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See you ...</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PS.: video created by: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7hAFki36N9iXULr3wrj90A">Erikson Nunes</a></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Netherlands52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-26122802904910529462016-11-27T18:40:00.000+01:002016-11-27T18:36:46.662+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 #13 twister<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Well I was on a role I think because I have another nice submission for the Winter Retreat of Carpe Diem:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">through the river</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">twister takes the fastest path -</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">birds remain silent</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">© Chèvrefeuille</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Netherlands52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-50315881829641366012016-11-27T18:32:00.001+01:002016-11-27T18:32:14.892+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 #12 New Year's Eve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
Another submission for the Winter Retreat "find the silence" of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-030b779d-a6d7-1b9a-5215-16f340481731"><b><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ah! that silence</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the first day of a new year</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the wind of last year</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">plays with bare branches</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">nothing has changed</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></b></span><br />
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">© Chèvrefeuille</span></span></span><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See you ...</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Netherlands52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-56884169497795617012016-11-27T18:28:00.003+01:002016-11-27T18:32:34.868+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "find the silence" #11 a new day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
As you all know the first Winter Retreat of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is running and I haven't had time enough to publish every day for this Retreat, so my excuses for thst. For today I have a beautiful tanka, if I may say that myself, a little bit immodest ...<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">silence</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">listening to the rain</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this morning</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the birds celebrate</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a new day</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">© Chèvrefeuille</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Netherlands52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-56945843000899377252016-11-25T14:03:00.001+01:002016-11-25T14:03:23.233+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 #10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
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Another nice haiku for the Winter Retreat, but not in the setting of winter, but in the setting of summer.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the babbling brook</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">makes me drowsy and happy -</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a late summer night</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">© Chèvrefeuille</span></span></div>
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Dear friends,<br />
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During lack of time it wasn't possible to publish every day lately, so my excuses for that. As you all know at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai the Winter Retreat is running. 30 Days writing every day a haiku or tanka themed "find the silence".<br />
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Here is my new submission for the Winter Retreat 2016:<br />
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rustling leaves<br />telling stories from all over the world<br />the silence deepens<br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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See you ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Netherlands52.132633 5.291265999999950547.144659 -5.0358825000000493 57.120607 15.61841449999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089208585374412481.post-71842310431981058932016-11-22T03:06:00.001+01:002016-11-22T03:06:05.318+01:00Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2016 "find the silence" #8 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
I am on the nightshift and that means that I have not enough time to write for this or my other weblog. However ... a haiku in which the theme of this Carpe Diem Winter Retreat "find the silence" is used must be done.<br />
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I love writing haiku (or tanka) and it's really a joy to create haiku (or tanka) on a daily base. So I just had to do it.<br />
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Today I have a nice tanka for you, maybe you have read this one already on one of my other blogs, but as I stated above ... I don't have time enough. This one is from my archives:<br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #45818e;">autumn
departs<br />
in deep silence willow leaves fall -<br />
tears on this grave<br />
as the willow is green again<br />
another year has gone<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">©
Chèvrefeuille<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Dear friends,<br />
<br />
The Carpe Diem Winter Retreat is almost a week running and I have already read wonderful haiku and tanka inspired on the theme "find the silence". I am grateful that so many of you have found the way to the Winter Retreat ... thank you.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">silence
found<br />
the colorful sky at sunset -<br />
cicadas sing<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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© Chèvrefeuille<br />
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See you ...<br />
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