This blog is about haiku. A classical haiku counts 5-7-5 syllables. Chèvrefeuille (the pseudonym of Kristjaan Panneman, a Dutch haiku poet) however writes his haiku in the Kanshicho-style. In the Kanshicho-style the classical syllable count isn't used. Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), a haiku poet, wrote his haiku in Kanshicho-style for several years, but he returned to the classical way of haiku writing. !!! Anonymous comments will be seen as SPAM !!!.
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Friday, October 27, 2017
Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017 "Life is Beautiful" - lotus flowers
Dear friends,
As you know I am hosting a daily haiku meme at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and every season I start a so called "retreat", a period of 30 days in which the goal is to create haiku or tanka on a daily base with a theme. At the moment the 2017 Winter Retreat is running and the theme I have chosen is "Life is Beautiful".
So I thought to create a few poems with "Life is Beautiful" as theme, these poems are all themed "Life is Beautiful", but it's not always a poem in winter sphere.
reaching for the sun
lotus flowers blooms from the mud
old pond changes
deep silence
even deeper as the nightingale starts to sing
beautiful life
snow falls gently
covers up the autumn fields
faraway sounds
© Chèvrefeuille
See you ...
Locatie:
Nederland
Monday, September 18, 2017
Imagination Without Limits
Dear friends,
Welcome at a new post at Chèvrefeuille's Haiku blog. It has been a while, but I had my reasons for that. As you (maybe) know I am the owner and host of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, a daily haiku-meme also here at Blogger.
At Carpe Diem Haiku Kai we are busy with a new month full of beautiful CD Imagination episodes and today I shared an image of Lake Como (by Jonathan Reid) for inspiration. This month I am also experimenting with the haiku form. Say ... trying to create haiku like Santoka Taneda did. Taneda wrote haiku without using the "known" rules of haiku writing. I liked how he "played" with this wonderfull Japanese poetry form.
Let me share the CD Imagination image here with you too:
Wisteria Blues by Jonathan Reid |
passion
blue colors
sparkle
© Chèvrefeuille
This is what I call an experimental haiku in the same spirit as Santoka Taneda.
Do you like to write and share haiku than you are invited to visit (and maybe participate) Carpe Diem Haiku Kai at: https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com
Have a great day.
Locatie:
Nederland
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 departure #13 gone with the wind
Dear friends,
The Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 is running towards its end, August 15th 10:00 PM (CET) it will be closed, and this retreat I wasn't very active, because of all different reasons, but well ...
However I love to give it a try to catch up, but that means I have to do 18 other posts ... I don't know if that's possible but I will give it a try. Here is my 13th post to the CD Autumn Retreat 2017:
angry at the gods
she torns apart the holy scriptures
gone with the wind
post 14:
leaving school
an outcast he is
being gay
an outcast he is
being gay
post 15:
autumn
departs
in deep silence willow leaves fall -
tears on this grave
as the willow is green again
another year has gone
in deep silence willow leaves fall -
tears on this grave
as the willow is green again
another year has gone
autumn in Koyo (Japan) |
post 16:
crystal
cobweb
sparkles in the early sun
dewdrops vaporize
just a little while
I felt a rich haiku poet
sparkles in the early sun
dewdrops vaporize
just a little while
I felt a rich haiku poet
post 17:
broken
branches
last leaves ripped apart
autumn departs
the first snow starts to fall
cuddling in front of the hearth
last leaves ripped apart
autumn departs
the first snow starts to fall
cuddling in front of the hearth
post 18:
reflections
scattered by autumn leaves
the old pond
scattered by autumn leaves
the old pond
autumn in Japan |
post 19:
searching
wisdom
I pray to Mother Earth
before leaving
I pray to Mother Earth
before leaving
post 20:
a last leaf
swirls on the wind towards the east -
first snow falls gently
swirls on the wind towards the east -
first snow falls gently
©
Chèvrefeuille
Well ... that's it for now .... see you
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 (9) leaving home
Dear friends,
Maybe you have noticed it, but the Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 is running. This Retreat the theme is "departure" and I think it is a wonderful theme for autumn, but ... and that you will have seen also ... I am not a regular publisher in this Retreat, but I love to change that.
So here is a new "impromptu" verse themed departure:
leaving home
in a hurry
grandfather again
© Chèvrefeuille
No ... I have not become a granddad again, it is a haiku I wrote, because two (2) of my grandchildren had birthday last month. And two (2) other grandchildren this month ...
See you ...
Labels:
Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017,
departure,
haiku,
tanka
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 (8) farewell verse
Dear friends,
Here is entree 8 for the Autumn Retreat 2017:
farewell verse
as I depart from the train station
forget me not
© Chèvrefeuille
Labels:
Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 (7) leaving home
Dear friends,
As you maybe know I am hosting a daily haiku meme, also on blogspot, titled Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and maybe you know that I am initiating a seasonly retreat every season. The Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017 is running already for a month and I have already read wonderful haiku and tanka, but until today I didn't publish a lot for this autumn retreat, so today that's going to change.
The theme for the Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat is departure, because I associate autumn with departure and leaving or letting go ... not an easy theme maybe, but of course I just want to challenge you and myself.
leaving home
the youngest son of four kids
finally on his own
cherishing the love of his life
being together as one
© Chèvrefeuille
It's a strange idea that the last of your children is leaving the nest ... of course we all know that they have to go one day, but as that day comes it gives you a real feeling of departure ... your life as parents is changing immensely ... an empty nest ...
See you again ...
Labels:
Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2017,
departure,
tanka
Locatie:
Netherlands
Monday, May 8, 2017
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (16) Unconditional love
Dear friends,
Maybe you have followed my other blog Carpe Diem Haiku Kai and than (maybe) you have spotted our new Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017. It's running towards its end and I love to publish here a submission for this Summer Retreat themed Unconditional Love. Love is one of the most important emotions I think, and Unconditional Love is what we need here on our planet, because unconditional love has no boundaries and will always reach out to other people around you and around the world.
without boundaries
I open my heart to spread love
on wings of birds
© Chèvrefeuille
Without love we cannot reach our hands towards people around us. Love is really the only way to reach peace all over the globe.
Spread love,
Chèvrefeuille
Locatie:
Nederland
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Spring Retreat 2017 (5) praying hands
For the CDHK Spring Retreat 2017 "fragile beauty":
praying hands
in front of Buddha
sweet incense
© Chèvrefeuille
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Carpe Diem Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty (3) young leaves
Dear friends,
As you maybe know I am hosting a daily haiku meme Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. This month we are on our way to Santiago de Compostela following that ancient pilgrimage route, but we also are busy with the Spring Retreat 2017 themed "fragile beauty", 30 days of writing at least one haiku a day to celebrate spring.
Feel free to visit and be part of this 30 days of writing haiku.
such sadness
to see tears on young leaves
the bright sunlight
© Chèvrefeuille
See you ...
Locatie:
Nederland
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Spring Retreat 2017 "fragile beauty" 1 diamonds
Dear friends,
Maybe you have read it somewhere, but else I love to tell you. Every year I organize a seasonly "retreat" and on January 15th I started with the Spring Retreat "fragile beauty". The "retreat" means 30 days of writing (at least) one haiku or tanka themed "fragile beauty".
So here is my first "Spring Retreat" submission:
fresh fallen snow
fragily beauty covers the garden
blanket of diamonds
© Chèvrefeuille
See you ...
Labels:
30 days,
Carpe Diem Spring Retreat 2017,
fragile beauty,
haiku
Locatie:
Nederland
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