Dawning

Done for Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #65 combining animals and seasons

a rooster’s call

directed at the moon-
waning dawn

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, January 16, 2016

inspired by the works of:

 

The harvest moon–

rabbits go scampering

across Lake Suwa 

   ~ Buson ~

in from the dark

and out into the dark–

that’s a cat in love 

   ~ Issa ~

First Light

Done for Carpe Diem #894 First Light

a warm smile

from an open bud

first light

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, Jan 12, 2016

Inspired:

first light
nudging frozen clouds
snow flakes

© Jane Reichhol

winter morning
the fragile light of the sun
reflects in the snow

© Chèvrefeuille

Fresh Sprout

Carpe Diem #889 desire for spring

fresh sprout---

my life picks up

a pigment of hope

(c) Adjei Agyei-Baah, January 5, 2016

*First Published in Frogpond  Issue 3.5

First Light

Done for Carpe Diem #888 Hatsuhikari (first light of the sun)

first light…

kissing dewdrops

into rainbows

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, January 4, 2016.

Inspired:

winter morning
first light of the sun … so fragile
reflects in the snow

© Chèvrefeuille

Waning Dawn

Done for Carpe Diem #884 on our way home: the scent of early rice, the tomb also shakes, autumn coolness, red more red, a lovely name, how pitiful

waning dawn...
the crickets let go
of their songs

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 23, 2015.

Inspired:

how pitiful
under the armored helmet
a cricket

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

Water Pearl

Done for CarpeDiem Special #187 Georgia's 3rd, a haibun "idyllic spring"

fresh raindrops
on each sunken mushroom
a water pearl

 ©Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 20, 2015.

 inspired by:

 idyllic spring
among the wildflowers
the hunt continues

© G.s.k. ‘14

Toad Voices

Done for Carpe Diem #877 Experiencing the Deep North; making the coolness; crawling out (short episode)

all that is left

of an ancient well—

toad voices

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 13, 2015.

inspired by:

crawling out
from under the shed
toad's voice

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

under colored leaves
the voices of thousand ants
preparing for winter

© Chèvrefeuille

Raindrops On Bamboo

Done for Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #99 Raindrops On Bamboo

raindrops on bamboo
shimmer in the sunlight
little diamonds


© Chèvrefeuille

rushing brook gathers gurgles

with fishes in a still dance

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, November 15, 2015.

APED-Prompt 46:Shadows

Penned for A Prompt Each Day. Inspired by the photo below:

Shadows

I

flicker of light

the shadow of a spider slips

out of lantern chimney

II

the adowa dancer

she rims her hair with a halo

 of lantern soot

III

shea butter mixed with soot

granny calls back

her days young

IV

flickering lantern

the length and breadth

of our shadows

Copyright (c) Adjei Agyei-Baah, 22/7/15

Penned for Carpe Diem As July 2015 Guest Poet, 13/7/15

Rainbow

rainbow:
the rain and his so-called bowl
little kids argued all day

Summer Waves

caked lagoon

migratory  waves-

home again

Waterfall 

silvery curtain
on a mountain wall-
waterfall!

Fountain

first sail...
inside his paper boat
the weight of water

Straw hat

riverbank
in my hat's shadow
a fingerling

Copyright (c) Adjei Agyei-Baah, 23/7/15

Five African Haiku (Afriku) Pt. 2

I

lunchtime

more protein in my beans-

weevils 

II

dawn affair

purrs from my neighbors’ cats

assume a human voice

III

rumbling thunder…

the thought of God

being a rolling stone

IV

household barrel

the secret bathing

of the moon

V

dawn rivalry

a rooster

and muezzin

First Published @ Anansekrom.org, 16/6/2015

Five African Haiku Pt. 1

I

shea butter market

sellers hold the sun

in water sprinkles

II

gradually unseating the pond skater

from his water throne

harmattan winds

III

drifting cotton clouds

the sickle moon

harvests all alone

IV

May rains drop-

the bamboo fence

free from termites’ plaster

V

end of the road-

railway track runs

into earth

First published @ Boston Poetry Magazine, 2015