with the children
playing with memory cards
happy laughter
concentration
players match their memory
on New Year’s eve
dancing ’round the town
in bright red silken robes
lion dancers
dragons or lions
dancers greet the new year
in the orient
G.s.k. ‘15
Written for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai # 646 and #647:
A haiku by our host for Uta Garuta (prompt #646):
Uta Garuta contest
tears are falling continuously
she has blacked out
© Chèvrefeuille
and two haiku about the “Lion Dance” (prompt #647) by Issa:
kamashishi ga ago de harainu kado no matsu
the lion dancer
takes a purifying bite –
pine decorations at the gate
© Issa
kado-jishi ya shishi ga kuchi kara ume no hana
lion dancers visit —
from the lion’s mouth
plum blossoms
© Issa
I like the card games with kids.. Sweet.
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Only thing I could think of .. thanks Bjorn!
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Nicely done, cara, especially with the children. When I lived in Toronto this was a special time that we actually felt in the streets…perhaps in Montreal too but I am masked in my selfishishness of late…yet try very hard to respond to the prompts of our mentor CP.
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Well … I’m finding it a bit difficult myself .. the prompts are too japanese for even me! 😉
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Yes, well, I am working with what I know in the cities that I know but New Year’s was a big dear in Toronto so I am a imagining living there again.
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Good idea… and you’ve come up with some good stuff I’m sure!
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The verse with the purifying bite is my fave !!!!!!! 🙂
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Yes it’s great isn’t it! I agree entirely.
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Yes, indeed !!!! 🙂
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Great haiku serties Georgia …
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Thanks!
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