CD: Change in the Air

Carpe Diem #562 ~ Hot Springs

smoky mist rises
heat off the back of autumn
reveals new clarity

CD: Dazzling Dew

Carpe Diem #310 ~ Tsuyujimo (dew frost)

 

Photo Source

nature decorates

with dazzling crystal sparkles

morning dew frost 

CD: Salmon Fishing Not In Yemen

Carpe Diem ~ Salmon

ishikari
salmon fishing upstream
willow spears ready


(The Ishikari River is one of the main rivers in Japan.)

CD: Flying South

Carpe Diem #307 ~ Kari (Goose)

geese depart to south

who gets to lead the V first?

and who is wing man?

***

geese flying south

one of nature's mysteries

a sight to behold

 

CD: Colors of Autumn

Carpe Diem ~ Chrysanthemum

colors of autumn
in september's garden
chrysanthemums

CD: Lonely Straw

Carpe Diem ~ Straw Bundles

after the crops are gone
lonely straw bundles afield 
small creatures find warmth

CD: Summer Skin

Carpe Diem #304 ~ (Willow Leaves Fall)

Photo Source



shedding summer skin
willow floats downstream
reflecting season's end

CD: Totem of Change

Carpe Diem #303 ~ Tonbo (Dragonfly)

 

Image Source

dragonfly finds her

wherever life's path takes her

beautiful totem

***

life's transformations

dragonfly brings light and change

let your heart flutter

 

CD: Windstorm

Carpe Diem ~ Dividing Wind

Photo Source

winds whipping through field

we find shelter in the hut

huddling 'til its gone

***

winds of avignon

chilling warm september days

mistral from the sea

The prompt reminded me of the mistral when we were in France. Gorgeous clear blue skies and temperatures in the 80s except for three days when the mistral came through and shut down the sidewalk cafes making the city almost a ghost town.

CD: Summer's End

Carpe Diem ~ Harvest Moon

Photo Source

golden harvest moon

our beautiful reminder

of summer's end

CD: Anticipation

Carpe Diem ~ Waiting Evening

(The Evening Before the Harvest Moon)

looking to the sky
seeking some confirmation
of full harvest moon

CD: Scarecrow

Carpe Diem ~ Scarecrow

perched on the shoulder
crow surveys its surroundings
scarecrow oblivious

CD: Chestnut Days

Carpe Diem #298 ~ Kuri (Chestnuts)

sweet childhood memory

find chestnuts inside green pods

count piles for winner

***

shiny new chestnuts

trophies from a day of play

in a special bag

CD: Sad Mum

Carpe Diem #297 ~ Kiku (chrysanthemums)

sad chrysanthemum

has unsavory duty

to herald autumn

CD: Colorful Rain

Carpe Diem ~ Classical Haiku

Photo Source

japanese tea house

sip from our cups as brisk breeze

blows colorful rain

CD: Flags of Autumn

Carpe Diem #296 ~ (Pampas Grass)

 

Photo Source

golden plumes arise

bend and sway in pampas grass

flags in autumn wind

 

CD: Touchstone

Carpe Diem #295 ~ Wase (Early Rice) 

 

as one season ends

new rice begins to flower

touchstone of autumn

CD: Perfect Orchid

Carpe Diem ~ Orchids

Photo Source

most perfect orchid

only flower to portray

our beautiful love 

CD: Princess Tree

Carpe Diem ~ Paulownia Leaf

Photo Source

princess tree wears gown

of regal purple briefly

too soon the leaves fall

CD: O. Mabson Southard's "Releases the Moon"

Carpe Diem Special #56

We are to write a haiku in the same tone and spirit as this one written by O. Mabson Southard:




In the garden pool,
dark and still, a steppingstone 
releases the moon.

My inspired haiku:

a croaking bullfrog

in the moonlit garden pool

singing to no one