Box of chocolates

box of chocolates
what a sweet temptation -
scent of cocoa

Just an impromptu verse.

Credits: box of chocolates

Early Sunrise (impromptu-verse)

Today I was very early awake. After a cup of coffee I went outside and saw a wonderful sunrise. The clouds looked like fingers and were pink colored, it looked just like they sprouted from the horizon. So I had to write a haiku about it.

early sunrise
pink cloud fingers sprouting
at the horizon

Isn't it a beauty?

Carpe Diem's Rose (a reprise verse)

For Carpe Diem, seize the day, a daily haiku meme I have written the next haiku on 'rose'. I love this prompt and I hope that you like the haiku.

november ending
while the first snow falls -
a last rose blooms

departing Autumn
the end of this year coming nearer
longing for Spring

a new hope rises
departing of this years autumn
lighting a candle

credits: yoruba girl dancing

Sincerely,

Misty Morning

Credits: Misty Graveyard

For Carpe Diem I composed the next haiku:

The prompt for today is MIST.

misty morning
the sound of church bells
wakes the dead

Another one:

through the mist
bellowing of cows
the sound of church bells

And for closure:

exposed to mist
an old sand stone church
looking as new

Credits: Penshurst Church

That was my contribution for Carpe Diem's prompt MIST for today. See tomorrow or whatever time and day.

Peonies

Isn''t it a wonderful flower? The Peony ... so fragile and colorful, but it can also be a big flower when the Peony is a ''double one".
I had to write another haiku inspired on this haiku by Issa:

the peony falls
spilling out yesterday''s
rain

This is my other haiku on peony:

pink flowers bloom
between green dewy leaves
a double peony

Hm it''s a beauty I think.

Have a nice weekend ... see you another day.

Tackle It Tuesday, Chrysanthemum

Tackle It Tuesday starts today with a new 'rule'. Every episode will stay on for two weeks. Why? Because of lack of time, I have my daily Carpe Diem haiku meme and for now that's my main meme. So this episode of Tackle It Tuesday will stay on 'till Monday November 26th 11.59 AM (CET) and I will post the new episode of Tackle It Tuesday that day around 10.00 PM (CET). Hope you all understand this.


Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Another week has passed away ... our last Tackle It Tuesday prompt was 'Wuthering Heights' and it wasn't a great success, but ... well it wasn't an easy prompt. So for this week I have chosen Chrysanthemum a wonderful Autumn (and Winter) 'kigo' or seasonword. It's really a nice flower for this time of year.
Last Sunday I was visiting my parents in law in Amsterdam. My father in law had a wonderful basket full of Chrysanthemum in his garden. They were wonderful colored, yellow, orange, purple and white. A nice Autumn bouquet. I was a bit sad after our visit, because I hadn't my camera with me. If I had ... than I could have shown you this wonderful Chrysanthemum basket. So now I will use another photo for this post.

Chrysanthemums bouquet

so many colors
the backyard looks like a rainbow
Chrysanthemums in bloom

in the garden
of my parents in law
Chrysanthemums bloom

a sea of colors
as far as you can see
blooming Chrysanthemums

Well ... I hope these haiku inspire you, my dear haijin, visitors and travelers, to be creative and write your own haiku. Please share your creativity with Tackle It Tuesday.
This Tackle It Tuesday episode will be staying on 'till November 19th 11.59 PM (CET).

Have fun!

Basho ... one of my heroes

For Carpe Diem's 'hero',

Basho is one of my heroes, next to e.g. Gandhi. Why is Basho my hero? I am a haiku poet and Basho was a haiku master which I adore. I even have a weblog about him. Basho is my inspiration for writing haiku.

Basho's 'Small Path to the Deep North'

Today Carpe Diem has hero for prompt and I love to try to write a or a few haiku about Basho.

small ways
leading to Enlightenment
just like Basho

croaking frogs
Basho's old pond haiku
revisited

Old Pond
Frog Jumps In
Sound of Water

the sound of water
resonates through my garden
I feel like Basho

Basho's original hand written haiku (and haiga) 'frog pond'

Isn't it a lovely triplet of haiku inspired on Carpe Diem's 'hero'? My hero ... Matsuo Basho (1644-1694).

Matsuo Basho, my hero

 Well ... this was my take on 'hero'. Who is your hero?

Carpe Diem ... sunny day

I had to write a few new haiku on our prompt for today 'yellow'. I have already read wonderfully composed posts ... so I have to come up with a few good ones (smiles).

one sunny day
my black thoughts
turning yellow

sunflower field
reaches 'till the horizon
what a joyful sight

'look up there grandpa'
my grandson points to the sky -
yellow dragon kite

 Well ... I hope you liked it.

Tackle It Tuesday, Wuthering Heights

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

This 'Tackle It Tuesday' will stay on for another week. I haven't had time to write a new episode because of lack of time. So this episode will stay on 'till November 14th.
Another week gone into oblivion and a new week has just begun. Time to release a new episode of Tackle It Tuesday.
This week I saw a TV show about buying a house in the Yorkshire region of Great Brittain. This region is known by e.g. wonderful landscapes, rugged heights and of course the Bronte sisters. The Bronte sisters were great English authors and I think you all know the novel written by Emily Bronte "Wuthering Heights".

 A short overview:

In 1801, Mr. Lockwood, a rich man from the south of England, rents Thrushcross Grange in the north of England for peace and recuperation. Soon after his arrival, he visits his landlord, Mr. Heathcliff, who lives in the remote moorland farmhouse called "Wuthering Heights." He finds the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights to be a rather strange group: Mr. Heathcliff appears a gentleman but his mannerisms suggest otherwise; the reserved mistress of the house is in her mid-teens; and a young man appears to be one of the family, although he dresses and talks like a servant.

Being snowed in, Mr. Lockwood stays the night and is shown to an unused chamber, where he finds books and graffiti from a former inhabitant of the farmhouse named Catherine. When he falls asleep, he has a nightmare in which he sees Catherine as a ghost trying to enter through the window. Heathcliff rushes to the room after hearing him yelling in fear. He believes Mr. Lockwood is telling the truth, and inspects the window, opening it in a futile attempt to let Catherine's spirit in from the cold. After nothing eventuates, Heathcliff shows Mr. Lockwood to his own bedroom, and returns to keep guard at the window.

As soon as the sun rises, Mr. Lockwood is escorted back to Thrushcross Grange by Heathcliff. There, he asks his housekeeper, Nelly Dean, to tell him the story of the family from the Heights.

Maybe you remember the song written by Kate Bush and sung by her. It was inspired on this great novel by Emily Bronte.

Awesome ... I loved this song (as I once did love all of the music by Kate Bush). I hope you enjoyed the music video and I hope of course that you are inspired to write a haiku (classical or non-classical) on this prompt.

Here is mine:

wuthering heights
patches of fog like ghosts
above the heath
 
patches of fog
crawling up and down the hills
wuthering heights 

Well enjoy the fun ... be inspired ... and share your haiku with Tackle It Tuesday. Do you like writing haiku? And you would like to do that every day? Visit my daily haiku meme at:  Carpe Diem 

Haiku Heights, nature

Inspired by the theme at

Time flies ... another week has gone. I heard this was a tough week for several American states because of the big storm 'Sandy'. How come that this kind of storms have such lovely, soft and sweet names as 'Sandy'?
I didn't really follow the news on this big storm, but I heard enough about it to understand that nature (our HH prompt for today) is a very powerful force on our little blue planet Earth.

nature's force
hits the East American Coast
uprooted trees

how strong the power
of Mother Earths energy
superstorm Sandy


strong human race
will rebuild their environment
a new experience

around the mansion
daisies standing strong together
after the storm

Well ... next week another prompt. For now I wish the people who were in the midst of this superstorm a lot of health, power and offer my prayers to them who have lost a loved one or have had a lot of damage.

Be strong!

!!! More prompts to write haiku? Please visit: Carpe Diem, a daily haiku meme