Peonies and Ants

Carpe Diem: Little Creatures #14 Spring Rain

Challenge: all new haiku in the classical way (5-7-5; cutting-word; season word; deeper meaning; inter-changeable first and third line) inspired on a haiku written by Matsuo Basho about a Hornet's nest

suzumebachino su kara yane doro darake no mizutamari wo kaishi te haru no ame wo shizuku

spring rain,

leaking through the roof,

dripping from the wasps' nest.

© Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

long line of black ants
trespassing in my kitchen

peonies past prime

Whirligig

Carpe Diem Little Critters # 13 Whirligig

shizumareba nagaruru ashi ya mizusumashi

the whirligig;

when it stops skating,

the legs float away

© Taigi

water tension

breaks as I try to catch

the whirligig

~

Whirligig skating

under the shadow

of a dragonfly

Snails Haiga

Carpe Diem Little Creatures #12 Snails

two snails join

slugs at the beer party

too drunk to crawl home

a rout of snails

the wild ducks will feast

this morning

wild Switchgrass

adorned with snails

mimics fern fronds

on the highway

between the yellow lines

a snail creeps

 

on the forsythia bush

among the yellow flowers

a snail blossoms

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