Skrivpuff: Förbereda. Min första Tanka: Att förbereda en tanka – japanskt versmått är utmanande. Man måste kunna räkna och få ihop slutet fint. Tanka 5+7+5+7+7.

Carpe #617: delight in company. I love to ask you to look at this prompt as if it was an episode of our CD special feature, “Romancing the Haiku”, because I think this prompt is so right for romance. Dancing stars in sky embracing young mother Earth light open faces. Creativity Haiku Poets Company Bring words together.

Skrivpuff: Matt. Ögonen glänser kinderna pudras matta pussmunnen plutar. Är det kanske dags för en svängom …  

Carpe Diem #616, “accepting the finite” Accept the finite difficult but easier than bear betrayal. It ends now the heart is shut down spirit closed. Frozen thoughts remember eclipse not sunlight.

Daily prompt: Winning Streak. What’s the longest stretch you’ve ever pulled off of posting daily to your blog? What did you learn about blogging through that achievement, and what made you break the streak? Oh my ……………..! ……. this is a question I cannot answer. I am so sorry! I have been a blogger since 1996. Before… Read More Isn’t it fantastic

Haiku with Kigo. Kigo is that little Japanese word used by haijin (haiku poets) to fix or identify  a season in their poem.  There are more than 500 seasonal words that can be used. Chestnut/autumn and Balloon/spring. Deep in the chestnuts wanting to escape sooner chasing the balloon.  

Skrivpuff: Kisa. Om ni kisar med ögonen och koncentrerar er riktigt mycket kanske ni ser att jag skrivit tre osynliga rader här …. Skrivpuffa är kul väntar så till klockan slår nu har den slagit. Nå!? Kunde ni läsa …

Carpe Diem #614: Paradise. This was 1982 … Arriving in night darkest ever but moonlight paradise my thought. Abu Dhabi sky everlasting sand dunes stars guiding camels. Exotic mid East spellbinding mesmerizing lost in paradise.

Daly Prompt: Leftovers Sandwich. Today, publish a post based on unused material from a previous piece –a paragraph you nixed, a link you didn’t include, a photo you decided not to use. Let your leftovers shine! Shooting macro with my little Canon G12 didn’t turn out as well as I wanted. Missed my Canon EOS 6D… Read More Leftover necklace

Skrivpuff: En angenäm busstur. Carpe Diem Haiku: Special #119, Tomas Tranströmer’s 5th “a wild boar plays the organ”. Loaded with heavy shopping bags. Heading for the bus. Sign shows 4 minutes to wait. Wating and waiting. A couple hugs and kisses. A fat man watching. An Indian man talking in the phone. Teenagers chatting in… Read More Lost in real life