Tackle It Tuesday, Moonlight

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

This greeting is the one I always use on my daily haiku meme Carpe Diem and today I will use it here for our new Tackle It Tuesday. Why? Well ... in our next month of Carpe Diem (December 2012) I have chosen for classical Japanese 'kigo' or seasonwords for prompts. Next month the prompts are all about winter, see for yourself here , so for this weeks 'Tackle' I have chosen for a classical kigo or seasonword of Autumn.

Our 'Tackle' prompt is moonlight In classical Japan they think the moon of Autumn is most beautiful. In that ... I follow them ... I think also that the Autumn moon is the most beautiful. But ... also in my region of the world (Europe) the Winter moon is beautiful too.

Credits: Moonlight

So the goal for this episode of Tackle It Tuesday is to write a haiku on moonlight. Enjoy the fun and be creative. And ... of course I hope you will share your creativity here on Tackle It Tuesday.

My take on Moonlight:

reflecting sunlight
our natural satellite -
dark of it's own

dark of it's own
the moon catches beams of sunlight
sharing them with us

sharing them with us
her wonderful smile
autumn moonlight

Hope to see a lot of haiku on moonlight. Be inspired and share your creativity.

Just a little treat ... Moonlight Serenade ....

This Tackle It Tuesday will stay on 'till December 10th 11.59 AM (CET). So you have two weeks to share your haiku ... Tackle It Tuesday will be from now on a bi-weekly haiku meme.

Namaste

Haiku Heights, desert

Inspired by the theme at

deserted streets

civil wars all over the world -
no more joy at all

no more joy at all

lost and alone in the desert
just the moon and I

Credits: Desert

Silvery waves resonate

Just an Impromptu verse

the moon is rising
the silvery waves resonate
in tune with my heart

Credits: silvery waves resonate

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?