Carpe Diem Full Circle

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #84  "Carpe Diem Full Circle"

use following words in orfer:
summer princess willow daisy palm tree cameras cruise ship snow rainbow yellow shrine prayer

before summer

the princess strolls

under the willow

daisies tower

tall as palmtrees

swaying like camels

cruiseship clouds float

above a sea of snowdrops

and rainbow of tulips

yellow jonquils

offered in nature's shrine

she bows in prayer

Karunesh - Calling Wisdom

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #83 Imagination
The following music was the inpiration for today's writing.

 paintbrush flowers

 dancing on the hillside 

wind blows over reeds 

ancient chants resurrected 

sights and sounds of summer

Shadorma -Leaves

 write a condensation of Sara Teasdale’s poem, “Leaves”, in Shadorma form.  (Non-rhyming 6-line poem in 3/5/3/7/7/5.)

ONE by one, like leaves from a tree, 

All my faiths have forsaken me; 

But the stars above my head 

Burn in white and delicate red, 

And beneath my feet the earth

Brings the sturdy grass to birth. 

I who was content to be 

But a silken-singing tree, 

But a rustle of delight 

In the wistful heart of night,

I have lost the leaves that knew

Touch of rain and weight of dew. 

Blinded by a leafy crown 

I looked neither up nor down— 

But the little leaves that die

Have left me room to see the sky; 

Now for the first time I know 

Stars above and earth below.

— Sara Teasdale 

oh, my leaves
falling one by one
no rustling
forsaken in the dark night
but yonder stars I can see

new delights awakening
a new crown above.shadorma 

Remember

Haiku Horizon prompt - Remember

I still remember
the sweet scent
of her perfume

in the garden

a memorial bench
and your moonflowers