Haiku Shuukan #7 ('18) Beach

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Not so long ago I was wandering along the beach. I was completely alone, it was warm, but no one was there ... So I decided to take of my clothes and take a skinny dip, all nude I ran into the surf. The water embraced me and welcomed me. It felt great ... of course I had to dry up, because I hadn't taken a towel with me. So I laid down on the warm sand feeling the sun on my body. After a while ... I don't know how long I felt that the sun was no longer warming me. As I opened my eyes I saw the most beautiful woman ever. She smiled at me and I could see that she enjoyed what she saw. Later that day we ended up at my apartment ...

a seagull's cry
the only thing heard on a summer beach
embraced by beauty

© Chèvrefeuille

For this week's prompt here at Haiku Shuukan I challenge you to create a haibun themed "beach" as I did above.

Beach Love

Share your haibun on beach with us all here at our Haiku Shuukan.

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until April 29th at noon (CEST). Have fun!

Haiku Shuukan #6 use that quote ...

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

It has been a while that I challenged you here at Haiku Shuukan, part of the wonderful Carpe Diem Haiku Kai family of haiku poets. Recently I changed the theme at our "homepage" Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. I started this month with the Quran and now we are reading the wonderful poetry by Rumi, a 13th century Persian poet and mystic.

This week I love to challenge you to create a haiku or tanka inspired on a given quote. This time I have chosen a quote by Rumi.

Rumi, the Mystical Poet

Here is the quote for your inspiration:

[...] "Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it." [...] Rumi

garden of Eden
just around the corner
no one sees it

© Chèvrefeuille, your host

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until March 19th at noon (CET). Have fun!

Haiku Shuukan #5 ('18) Blue Moon

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

A new Haiku Shuukan episode to inspire you. This time a short one, but I think a challenging one. Maybe you know today we had a second full moon in January, that means that we had a so called "Blue Moon", but it was not only a Blue Moon, it also was a "Super moon" and a total moon eclipse occurred also ... sciebntists have called this event "trifecta". It's a very rare thing that has occurred.

So the theme for this week is "Blue Moon". And here is an example written by myself:

it's a mystery
today a second full moon occurred
awesome ... Blue Moon

© Chèvrefeuille

Blue Moon

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until February 7th at noon (CET). Have fun!

Haiku Shuukan #4 ('18) wonderful life

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Every post at our CDHK-family's weblogs I start with this sentence and I like that ... because all our participants are Haijin (haiku-poets), visitors who like Japanese poetry and than there are those people who just travel by to read. Isn't that a joy. I think this Haiku Shuukan episode speaks for itselves, because ... life at CDHK ... is wonderful.

I like this song "Wonderful Life" and this video is really awesome to watch and to listen at. Let this music video inspire you to create a haiku (or tanka or other form of Japanese poetry) and share it with us all here at Haiku Shuukan, part of the haiku loving family Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.

Have fun!

This episode of Haiku Shuukan is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until January 22nd at 10:00 PM (CET).

Haiku Shuukan #3 ('18) Cold wind

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new episode of Haiku Shuukan, our weekly haiku-meme, and for this week I have chosen the theme "cold wind" , because here we have a very cold east-wind. It feels very cold, almost -10 degrees Celsius. Well it's winter of course and this cold wind is not a surprise.

freezing cold
but the sun shines bright
wint3r dream

© Chèvrefeuille

This episode is Now Open for your submissions and will remain open until January 15th 10:00 PM (CET).

Feel free to participate and to invite others to participate too.

Haiku Shuukan #2 ('17) sunrise

Dear haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new episode of our weekly haiku meme Haiku Shuukan. I have chosen for a 'simple' prompt this week. Sunrise ... every day again the sun rises to his (sun is male) throne ... in his chariot he travels along the sky every day from East to West ... We take this for granted, because it is creation.
In several cultures, for example in Japanese Shinto tradition, the sun is the only God or as in the ancient Mayan culture. The sun is important for us all. He is de center of our galaxy ... he gives nature strenght and energy. Without him we would live in complete darkness ... without him we wouldn't exist. We need the sun ... so every day as he again starts his journey along the sky ... we are granted new life.

at sunrise

dew sparkles

in praise

© Chèvrefeuille

Well ... it's up to you now ...

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until next Monday November 6th at noon (CET). Have fun!

Haiku Shuukan 1 ('17) restart

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

It has been a very long time that I published here at Carpe Diem Haiku Shuukan, the weekly meme of the Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Family. I love to restart this weekly meme today, which means Friday October 20th 2017. So from today on I will create a new episode every Friday, starting today with the prompt restart.

Not so long ago I became the chairman of a special advisory body for the managment of the hospital were I am working. This advisory body is purely for the improvement of the possibilities for nurses and the patients. As the chairman I wrote a newsletter for my colleagues with that same title "restart", because this advisory body was almost gone.

Okay back to this week's prompt restart. Restart ... is very clear in its meaning I would say and I think it needs no explanation. In nature there is always a moment to restart ... and that's after the dark part of the year, autumn and winter, spring is that restart nature comes to life again ... and for a lot of people (including myself) it's always a joy to see this rebirth.

alive again
nature celebrates the light
daffodils bloom

© Chèvrefeuille

Well ... maybe I ask to much of myself or of you my dear haijin, visitors and travelers, but I think this is possible to do. Once in a week a new challenging prompt here at Carpe Diem Haiku Shuukan. Be part of this new journey.

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until Friday October 27th at 7:00 PM (CET). Have fun!