Saturday, July 23, 2016

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016 (9) dreaming of her


Dear friends,

Awesome ... don't you think so too? This Summer Retreat is great, but also very challenging. As the host of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai I write almost every day a new haiku, but to write 30 days on a roll at the Summer Retreat, isn't easy ... but of course I set up the challenge, so I have to pick up the challenge myself too. So her it goes, my ninth haiku for the Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016 "one with nature".

lying on the beach
I hear the whispering surf
while I dream of her

© Chèvrefeuille

A wonderful experience, once in a lifetime ... making love on the beach ...

See you next time.

Friday, July 22, 2016

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016 (8) sparkling sunlight


Dear friends,

The Summer Retreat of Carpe Diem goes very well and I think it isn't easy to create a haiku every day, but of course someone tries ... someone like me:

sparkling sunlight
dances on the waves -
a seagull cries


© Chèvrefeuille

Well ... see you tomorrow.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016 (7) an old boat


Dear friends,

It's almost one week on this Carpe Diem Summer Retreat and it looks like it will become a success. There are several submissions and its a very steady group of participants. So here it is my seventh haiku for this Summer Retreat:

an old boat
has become one with nature
in the backyard 


© Chèvrefeuille


Well ... I think this one is clearly "one with nature" (smiles).

See you tomorrow.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016 (6) a river breeze (Matsuo Basho)


Dear friends,

As you (maybe) know I am participating in the Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016, themed "one with nature" and I love it. However it isn't easy to create every day a new haiku for the Summer Retreat and today I am making it myself easy. By the way it's to hot her in The Netherlands to sit a while behind the PC. It's around 35 degrees Celsius, finally summer, but this heat ... well I will not complain, because until last weekend the Dutch summer was a disaster with a lot of rain and low temperatures.

As I said ... I have made it myself a little easy today. I love to share a haiku by my sensei, Matsuo Basho, and a haiku written by me inspired on that one by Basho.

Here is the haiku by Basho:

kawa kaze ya   usu gaki ki taru   yu suzumi

a river breeze
the one wearing a light persimmon robe
enjoying the coolness


© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

Basho wrote a preface to this haiku: "Enjoying the cool breeze on the bank of Shijo, an observance is practiced from the beginning to the middle of June. A special floor is set up right on the river, and people enjoy drinking and eating all night. Women tie their sashes correctly tight, and men wear their formal long coats. I see even the apprentices of a cooper and the blacksmith. They seem to have too much leisure time, singing and making noise. This is probably a scene which can only be seen in the capital (Edo, now called Tokyo)".

Summer in Japan

And here is my response inspired on that beauty by Basho:

observing the crowd
having fun on the seashore
almost naked

© Chèvrefeuille

I love the full beaches in summer. Everyone has fun enjoying the warm summer and the coolness of the sea. Children laugh making sandcastles, grown ups reading, playing, drinking, eating and laughing. Summer is a wonderful season and I think ... everyone enjoys it.

Well ... that's my submission for today for the Carpe Diem Summer Retreat. Feel free to step in and participate, you are welcome.

See you ...

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016 (5) white Chrysanthemum


Welcome my friends,

Here is my submission for the first Carpe Diem Summer Retreat, a retreat of 30 days of writing one haiku a day themed "one with nature". In this haiku I sense the connection with nature in a very strong way. I hope you will feel that same connection.

such a sad feeling 
this day I will be alone
white Chrysanthemum

© Chèvrefeuille

See you tomorrow.

Monday, July 18, 2016

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016 (4) colorful rays


Dear friends,

Yesterday I started the 5th Theme Week at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, my daily haiku meme, in this Theme Week we will dive into the mysteries of the Ascended Masters and Ascension. In today's episode I offered a haiku, which I love to share here (in a slightly different form) also as my 4th submission for the Summer Retreat.

in the low sunlight
crystal clear water breaks
colorful rays

© Chèvrefeuille

See you tomorrow. Feel free to participate in the Summer Retreat at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.

Namaste,

Chèvrefeuille

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2016 (3) ripe cherries


Dear friends,

Here is my thrid haiku for the Carpe Diem Summer Retreat, a nice one I would say.


ultimate love
flowers and bumblebees
ripe cherries


© Chèvrefeuille

The circle of life partially caught in this haiku, a symbiosis between flowers and insects ... and the benefits for humans. Really one with nature.