Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge #6, is Buson’s “In the stillness”
The Challenge is to complete the Tan Renga. A Tan Renga has two stanza and is written by two haiku poets. The first gives the first stanza (5-7-5) and the second reacts on the haiku by writing a two line stanza (7-7).
in the stillness
between the arrival of guests
the peonies
by Buson
Image by Kor!An
in the stillness
between the arrival of guests
the peonies
petulant blossoms cry out
attention before the fall
Smiles, love and laughter
© John Belchamber 2013
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Sigh. Lovely.
Peace
Siggi
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Tank you Siggi 🙂
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Petulant blossoms — 😀
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Thank you Becca. We can’t have those blossoms stealing the attention from your bride’s blushes 🙂
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Love the petulant blossoms!
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Thank you, I liked the sound of it and I think the meaning works quite well too 🙂
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Beautiful! 🙂
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Thanks you HA 🙂
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Lovely with petlant blossoms. There is a certain Carpe Diem for blossoms… enjoy them before they wither
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Carpe Diem . seize the daisy ;P
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Ha 😉
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Wonderful completion of our Tan renga for this week.
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WHy thank you Kristjaan 🙂
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I really enjoyed the story you told here, JRB, and the way you did it.
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Thank you Ese, you’ve made me smile 🙂
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