Tackle It Tuesday, Christmastime

Dear haijin, visitors and travelers,

During lack of time I wasn't able to publish our new Tackle It Tuesday earlier this week. So this Tackle It Tuesday will stay on  until Tuesday January 1st 2013 11.59 AM (CET).
In this month of Holidays I am glad to publish this episode on 'Christmastime'. Christmas a wonderful feast in which we remember the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and Peace all over the world.

Merry Christmas
and
a Happy New Year

Also in this time of year we have snow, frost, but also warm summerdays depending from the place you're living. On my Carpe Diem weblog we have a prompt on Year Markets for today. All over the world these Markets are organized to give you a Christmas feeling. On these markets you can buy Christmas decorations, food, sweets and so on. Wandering over these markets accompanied by Christmas Carols it's really a joy and it brings me already the Christmas feeling and of course decorating the Christmas tree (as you can see above).
Every year again ... we are singing carols about peace on earth ... and every year again ... Peace all over the world isn't becoming true. We have to dream on ... maybe once ... Peace on earth will be ...

Cheers!

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmastime and a wonderful New Year.

in a stable
our Lord Jesus Christ was born -
still no Peace

wandering over the fair
in touch with the Christmas thought  -
Silent Night

on New Year's Day
the wind still the same
as last year

Have fun, dear friends, be inspired and share your haiku on Christmastime with Tackle It Tuesday. If you like writing and composing haiku? Well .... visit my Carpe Diem weblog and share your haiku on the given prompt. It's really fun to visit Carpe Diem's daily haiku meme. Feel free and welcome to visit and share.

New Year's Eve

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I had to write a haiku on our prompt for today 'New Year's Eve (toshi no yo) and this is what it became:

nothing changed
still the same haiku poet
New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve
the rustling of Camellia flowers
nothing changed

See you all another time ...

Troiku: a double peony

Troiku: a double peony.

Some time ago I wrote a Carpe Diem Preview on a new creative form of writing haiku, the troiku. This post is another try on this new creative way of writing haiku. I love the way how this new form asks me to think about writing haiku. It's, in my opinion, a great way of writing haiku and I enjoyed writing this post very much.

The 'sleigh' is inspired on a haiku by Issa (a classic haiku master) and it was a Carpe Diem Special a few days ago.

pink flowers bloom
between green dewy leaves
a double peony

(sleigh):

pink flowers bloom
between green dewy leaves
a double peony

(horse 1)

pink flowers
as far as man can see -
purple sea

(horse 2)

between green dewy leaves
hides a little green frog
for the blue heron

(horse 3)

a double peony
in full bloom in my garden -
a dawning sun

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.