Cups of seashells

Done for Carpe Diem #887 Returning home: between the waves, a clam

shoreline…

cups of seashells wait

for ocean spill offs

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, January 2, 2016.

inspired by:

between the waves
small shells mingle with
bits of bush clover

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

Twilight Sky

Done for Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #25 The Technique of Narrowing Focus

twilight sky

watching migratory birds

vanishing into dots

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, January 1, 2016.

inspired:

the whole sky
in a wide field of flowers
one tulip

(c) Jane Reichhold

the short night ending--
close to the water's edge
a jellyfish

(c) Yosa Buson

Sing Back

Done for Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #24 movement (undou)

singing back her lullabies - old age

(C) Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 26, 2015

Inspired by:

like wheel

always turning around
seasons come and go

© Chèvrefeuille

Under Mistletoe

Done for Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2015 #6 mistletoe

under mistletoe

my mistress

letting all go...

on tiptoe

(c) Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 24, 2015

Inspired:

under mistletoe
I kiss the ones I love
God as my witness

© 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)

World's Manager

Done for Carpe Diem's Seven Days Before Christmas 2015 #2 Silent Night

from a manger

comes the world’s manager

this silent night!

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 20, 2015

inspired:

silent night
snow falls softly on the graveyard
our Savior is born

© Chèvrefeuille

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