Saturday, December 26, 2015

Sing Back

Done for Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #24 movement (undou)




singing back her lullabies - old age


(C) Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 26, 2015


Inspired by:


like wheel

always turning around
seasons come and go

© Chèvrefeuille

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Under Mistletoe

Done for Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2015 #6 mistletoe


under mistletoe
my mistress
letting all go...
on tiptoe

(c) Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 24, 2015

Inspired:


under mistletoe
I kiss the ones I love
God as my witness

© Chèvrefeuille



Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Waning Dawn

Done for Carpe Diem #884 on our way home: the scent of early rice, the tomb also shakes, autumn coolness, red more red, a lovely name, how pitiful



waning dawn...
the crickets let go
of their songs


© Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 23, 2015.



Inspired:

how pitiful
under the armored helmet
a cricket


© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

Sunday, December 20, 2015

World's Manager


Done for Carpe Diem's Seven Days Before Christmas 2015 #2 Silent Night



from a manger
comes the world’s manager
this silent night!


© Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 20, 2015



inspired:



silent night
snow falls softly on the graveyard
our Savior is born


© Chèvrefeuille


Water Pearl

Done for CarpeDiem Special #187 Georgia's 3rd, a haibun "idyllic spring"

fresh raindrops
on each sunken mushroom
a water pearl


 ©Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 20, 2015.


 inspired by:


 idyllic spring
among the wildflowers
the hunt continues


© G.s.k. ‘14





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