tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24772148865227084432024-03-13T21:39:42.157-05:00A Full Cup of TeaJoin me for short break of reflection and enjoy a cup of poetry.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-37957506028255194062013-10-05T19:31:00.001-05:002013-10-05T19:31:19.907-05:00A Full Cup of Tea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-88183787920907566962013-10-05T03:00:00.000-05:002013-10-05T11:13:36.004-05:00Haiku: Creative Joy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2013/10/carpe-diem-314-vision-quest-provided-by.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Carpe Diem Oct 5: Vision Quest</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2013/10/carpe-diem-313-circle-provided-by-lolly.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Carpe Diem Oct 4: Circle</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2013/10/carpe-diem-312-stonehenge-provided-by.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Carpe Diem Oct 2: Stonehenge</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2013/09/carpe-diem-311-eclipse-provided-by.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Carpe Diem Oct 1: Eclipse</span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-60029786616537630152013-09-07T17:46:00.000-05:002013-09-07T17:46:04.582-05:00Haiku: Peach<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: inherit;">Travel, moving, a wedding, and unpacking--</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-family: inherit;">Such a busy summer it has been</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: inherit;">So for the remainder of the month I'll rest</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: inherit;">To return renewed in September with new zest</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-21756385363355455492013-08-12T19:51:00.000-05:002013-08-12T19:51:07.095-05:00The Way Begins<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: cyan;">You've come to the House of God for your weekly show to the world, paying your dues as good Christians. But sitting next to you in the pew--I know the truth. The venom of the devil flows from your mouths. Gossiping and cursing your neighbors. When I have a say about the abominations you've become, about how you've twisted the purity of the <i>word</i>, the sanctity of His house-- I am the one out of line. I'm the one not following along.</span></span><br />
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<i><a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2013/08/carpe-diem-kamishibai-4-cathedral.html" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">Carpe Diem Kamishibai #4, Cathedral</a><span style="color: magenta;">- My </span></i><i><span style="color: magenta;">'autobiographical'-haibun</span></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-82239420581500703432013-08-06T13:21:00.000-05:002013-08-06T13:21:00.459-05:00Eagle<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">fly like an eagle</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">a brand new world awaits you</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">It'll be over lickety split;</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Adventure worth every bit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">Linked to <a href="http://dversepoets.com/2013/07/30/openlinknight-week-107/" target="_blank">dVerse Open Link Night</a>.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-61489295659637388982013-07-21T16:32:00.002-05:002013-07-21T16:32:50.181-05:00Cup and Coaster's Ecstasy<span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-sunday-mini-challenge-love-letter.html" target="_blank">Toad's Sunday Mini-challang</a>e was to write a love poem between to inanimate objects, so here is my tanka between a Cup and Coaster which I've also combined with the fitting <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2013/07/carpe-diem-252-ecstasy.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem prompt: Ecstasy</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">As days grow colder,</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">On top at long last,</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">let me ride to ecstasy,</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-68007792690809198622013-07-19T17:24:00.004-05:002013-07-20T11:12:36.538-05:00Ducklings Swim<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">as the sun scorches shaded flanks</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2013/07/artistic-interpretation-dog-days-of.html" target="_blank">Real Toad's Friday prompt</a>: </span>Artistic Interpretation "Dog Days of Summer" with Margaret</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">the entire world</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">Going back to the La Lune for for <a href="http://dversepoets.com/2013/07/18/mix-and-match/" target="_blank">dVerse</a> and which kind of a variation on haiku for <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2013/07/carpe-diem-249-compassion.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem</a>.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-69959162099097136822013-07-16T21:41:00.002-05:002013-07-16T21:41:48.816-05:00Porch<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Steak, cole-slaw, and maize</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">A Lai poem for <a href="http://dversepoets.com/2013/07/16/openlinknight-week-105/" target="_blank">dVerse's Open Link Night</a> and a Haiku for <a href="http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se/2013/07/carpe-diem-special-47-jane-reichholds.html" target="_blank">Carpe Diem's Special #47</a>.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928057705247710612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477214886522708443.post-63488648805146106412013-07-15T12:00:00.000-05:002013-07-15T12:00:10.084-05:00Little Red Riding Hood<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">It's off to Grandmother's I go</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">My red hood keeps out winds that blow</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">The way through the forest I know</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Skip to and fro, Skip to and fro</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Is that a wolf I hear howling</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Not a time for leisure strolling</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">With that low menacing growling</span><br />
<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Must get rolling, Must get rolling</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">Experimenting with a new form for today, <a href="http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monotetra.html" target="_blank">Monotetra</a></span><span style="color: magenta;">. Shared with <a href="http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2013/07/open-link-monday_15.html" target="_blank">Toad's open link</a>.</span><br />
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