Theme Thursday, angel

Theme Thursday

This week's Theme Thursday is about Angel(s). I believe we are surrounded by angels. I think everyone has his or her angel that's always beside you. Sometimes I have been called 'an Angel' by the patients I care for as an oncology-nurse.
I have my Angel(s) too, they're my guards to let me walk on the Right Path and I am glad that they do so ... out of their Unconditional Love.

I am a haiku-poet living in The Netherlands and I am a spiritual being surrounded by my guardians. I love to share a new haiku with you all.

a being of light
guides every step I take
my dear brother

my dear brother
he has become my guardian angel
after his dead

after his dead
I knew he would be always with me
a being of light

I have written this cascading haiku in loving memory of my brother who died September 3rd 1995. I miss him every day. He's my ANGEL.

Source: Angel

2018 July Re-published on Carpe Diem's Summer Retreat 2018

Haiku Heights, shroud

For Haiku Heights' prompt 'shroud' I have composed this new haiku.

beneath the shroud
a pharaoh travels to the stars
everlasting life

Egyptian mummy-shroud

I love this haiku on shroud. I think this one is one of my masterpieces (how immodest for a haiku poet).

See you next week.

Katana, the Samurai Sword

Samurai with tachi

Published and shared on: Carpe Diem, seize the day. A daily haiku meme.

Today samurai is the prompt for Carpe Diem. Samurai were ancient Japanese warriors. The Samurai code was a secret code and the Samurai was trained real hard. They went to battle and were known for their Samurai Swords and the use of it during battle.

Katana

The rise in popularity of katana by samurai is believed to have been due to the changing nature of close-combat warfare. The quicker draw of the sword was well suited to combat where victory depended heavily on fast response times. The katana further facilitated this by being worn thrust through a belt-like sash (obi) with the sharpened edge facing up. Ideally, samurai could draw the sword and strike the enemy in a single motion. Previously, the curved tachi had been worn with the edge of the blade facing down and suspended from a belt.

The katana was often paired with a similar smaller companion sword, such as a wakizashi or it could also be worn with the tantō, an even smaller similarly shaped sword. The pairing of a katana with a smaller sword is called the daishō. The daisho could only be worn by samurai and it represented the social power and personal honor of the samurai. (Source: wikipedia) 

ancient warriors
shedding blood on the battlefield
katana colors red

katana colors red
blood washed away in the heavy rain
virgin sword

virgin sword
crafted with water and fire
strength of nature

strength of nature
served the Samurai in battle
ancient warriors

Well ... see you tomorrow ... for another Carpe Diem special prompt #2

Carpe Diem, rainbow

Also published and shared on: Haiku My Heart, the wonderful weblog of Rebecca. Thank you Rebecca for hosting.

Today the prompt for Carpe Diem is RAINBOW. I had to write a few new haiku for today's Carpe Diem. So let's do this ...

against dark clouds
the magical image of the rainbow
on a quest for gold

on a quest for gold
running to the end of the rainbow
for an eternity

for an eternity
God's mysterious promise
against dark clouds 

Credits: rainbow

Well ... this was my contribution to today's carpe diem. I enjoyed writing this triplet of haiku in that wonderful cascading style of Ramesh.

See you tomorrow.

Tackle It Tuesday, morning dew

Dear Haijin,

Another week has gone. The prompt of last week was 'tea', I have read wonderful haiku inspired on that prompt. So I hope that this new prompt 'morning dew' will be a success too.

Morning dew ... the mysterious water we can see every morning. It looks like everything is hanged with necklaces of pearls. Sometimes ... e.g. cobwebs hanged with dew shimmering in the early sunlight look like diamonds. It's wonder.
Dew ... is also a symbol for detachment and transience. Dew ... evaporates in the warm sunlight and than it's gone ... dew ... well I think this is a wonderful prompt and I hope to read a lot of nice haiku on dew.
This prompt will stay on 'till next Monday October 15th 11.59 PM (CET).

Here is my haiku for this week's Tackle It Tuesday:

dewdrops shimmer
in the flower of the Morning Glory
a diamond necklace

a diamond necklace
evaporates in the warmth of the sun
that's transience

that's transience
mysterious early morning water
dewdrops shimmer

Source: dew on Morning Glory

Please leave a comment after linking ... and if you have a suggestion for a new prompt please share it with us.

Have fun and enjoy this week's Tackle It Tuesday. Share your haiku (classical or non-classical) and be inspired.

Carpe Diem, phantom

For today's Carpe Diem I've written a new haiku.

ghostly cobweb
shimmering in the early daylight
pearls of dew

pearls of dew
fainting away when the sun rises
like a phantom

See you tomorrow ... for a new carpe diem haiku 

Haiku Heights, home

Inspired by the theme at

After a month of writing haiku every day we are back to the normal rhythm. Today the prompt for Haiku Heights is home a wonderful prompt I think to write a haiku about. So let's go ... and look if I am in a good flow to write a haiku (or a few).

in the backyard
overgrown by Ivy
my old bike

my old bike
leaning to the hot wall of my home
a hot summer day

a hot summer day
in the backyard of my home
sparrows bathing

sparrows bathing
in the fountain of the mansion
what refreshing

what refreshing
seeking shadow under the willow
in the backyard

Credits (and thanks); Mansion

This was my post for this week's Haiku Heights on the prompt 'home'.

An Impromptu Verse

Sometimes I write 'Ins Blauen Hinein' a haiku and today I love to share one of these Impromptu verses. Just written today when I sat on the terrace. Maybe this is what haiku means ... haiku is a moment as short as a pebble thrown in a pond ... this was such a moment.
It was almost noon and when I looked up to the sky I saw the sun and the moon standing together at the sky. This brought me the following haiku:

already noon
still together the sun and the moon -
ah! what a joy

I like this one.

Isn't it awesome ...

Through the Seasons

Published and shared on: Haiku my Heart
Published and shared on: Carpe Diem, seize the day

The prompt for today is Moon and I had to write a haiku (or a few) on our beloved satellite the Moon. So let's go do this ...

through the seasons
every human changes a lot
the moon stays herself

the moon stays herself
from waning to growing
in circles

in circles of color
she, the moon, hides her face
behind the veil

behind the veil
she, our beloved moon, changes
through the seasons

Flight of an Eagle

Published and shared on: Carpe Diem, animal

and on: Hyde Park Poetry's Thursday Poets Rally week 74

Credits: Eagle by Steven M. Gardner

I was looking for some nice relaxation music on You Tube and ran into a wonderful video on 'The Flight of an Eagle. Wonderful video on Eagle's Flight with wonderful music by Karunesh (a great artist). I discovered his wonderful music several years ago and was immediately in love with his wonderful music. I even made a hyves about him.

Back to my today's new post on Flight of an Eagle. Eagles are wonderful creatures with graceful flight it is really stunning to see them fly.

above the polder
graceful Eagle in his flight
searching for prey

endless sky -
King of Birds praying
Om Mane Padme Hum

praying in my dreams
to be an Eagle in his flight
what a freedom

It's really a wonder how this wonderful creature 'King of the Birds' as the American natives say, with his strength can bring you a deep spiritual feeling. Really awesome.
Next to the Egret ... the Eagle is one of my totems, both stand for strong meanings respectively 'Everlasting' and 'Holy Spirit'. I cherish my totems and in my dreams I visit them a lot, or when I am meditating I feel like an Eagle in his flight ... looking all around the world and see how wonderful Mother Earth is and how sad it is to see that we, her inhabitants, are demolishing her surface. Makes me sad ... but also filled with joy, because I know that Mother Earth is strong and will survive bringing us always a new Spring, new Hope and new Strength.

high above Mother Earth
I feel like an Eagle watching
searching for new life

searching for new life
inside with my Inner Eye
flight of an Eagle

What a delight ... writing about such a wonderful animal.

I am awarded by Hyde Park Poetry for Thursday Poets rally week 73. Thank you for this award, I will accept it humble and we pride. I nominate for Thursday Poets Rally week 74 Sajeev Kumar Menon for his poem Innocence

Please visit: Hyde Park Poetry's Thursday Poets Rally week 74