Haiku My Heart: How Long

Tags

Basho, Cherry blossoms, longing, Nature, Relationships

Done for Haiku My Heart  and for Carpe Diem. The goal is to write an all new haiku inspired by Basho’s haiku below. The challenge is to use the words of the first line, ‘how long’.  🙂

how long

to wait for the cuckoo

about a thousand years

© Basho

 

How Long

how long

to wait for your return

cherry blossoms blooming

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu

21/08/15

Carpe Diem: Mirror, and Sky’s Longing

Tags

competition, longing, mirror, vicious world, Youth

 Carpe Diem Prompt Mirror and second one, Longing,  from  Ghost Writer Sky V. In the same development, tomorrow Wednesday will be my turn as a Ghost Writer on CD! 🙂

Mirror

her reflection

in the still waters

twilight dawns

Longing

craving youth

to compete favourably

vicious world

Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 

(06/05/14)

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