Autumn drops a leaf
on sky-coloured still water
gold seeps into blue
blue seeps into me. I am
cloudless, skyless, limitless
~~~
Written for the Carpe Diem prompt – Like a pebble
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There is Buddha
~~~
in the still space
between each thought
the Buddha waits
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For Carpe Diem’s Santoka Taneda’s ‘There is Buddha’ prompt
in the ceaseless sound
of the water
there is Buddha
of the water
there is Buddha
© Santoka Taneda
Subsumption
Secrets of life – haiku
despair chews
at the edges of my mind
wanted : angel
~~~
a lone dewdrop
scintillating with sunlight
rapturous me
~~~
people come and go
with various kinds of baggage
railway station life
~~~
if life had wings
broken and bent they would be
but soaring still
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drowned in the din
of humdrum daily life
soul waits
~~~
so many secrets
mined deep from earth-life
precious I hope
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Conversation – haiku
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you look at me
a poem in your glance
shining silence
~~~
lamp and light
eternal conversation
darkness flees
~~~
the widow listens
sitting on empty bed
feeling him in her bones
~~~
rain and earth
in conversational embrace
seedlings sprout
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Carpe Diem prompt – Conversation
Journey to India
deep within my soul
an ancient guru whispers oft
Brahman you are
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Carpe Diem prompt – Journey to India
The day begins
breaking through the shell
of night, dawn peeps, tremulous
at prisoner me
trying to break free
from a self-built prison
yet another day
as sleep fades like mist
and I wake yet again
into illusion
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Carpe Diem prompt – the day begins
Cool of the wind – haiku
burning summer day
it must be a savior wind
that brought the coolness
~~~
was it the cool breeze
that made your skin tingle, girl
or was it my gaze?
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Just Joyfulness 