3 AM Haunting

 

Full moon in North Carolina 

by Avery Coccozziello on Unsplash

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The original Senryu, Spooky Me by me.

my thoughts at three a.m.

burrowing into my brain

me spooking myself

The new Troiku

my thoughts at three a.m.

burrowing into my brain

me spooking myself

my thoughts at three a.m.

why are you always troubled

this hour unhallowed

burrowing into my brain

like worms in a long-dead corpse

spirits of the past

me spooking myself

my true talent in this life

no comfort to give

notes

https://experiencewriting.com/2023/10/26/oct-26-prompts-haunted/

Choose one of your poems from the beginning of the month and revise it.

I guess you could say I revised it, but I think it's more of an expansion.

I took the first poem I wrote this month and turned it into a Troiku.

https://poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com/2023/10/spooky-me.html

A Troiku is a form created by Chèvrefeuille of Carpe Diem Haiku.

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2012/11/carpe-diem-preview-new-creative-way-to.html

I added text art and effects to the base image using Pixlr. You're welcome to share the results, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl if you do. A link back to this blog is also appreciated.

~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~

Image by Susann Mielke from Pixabay

Vampirella and I agree that 3 AM thoughts aren't as bad when you have someone to discuss them with.

The character depicted isn't intended to be Vampirella, but she has a similar appearance.

Vampirella is an attractive, scantily clad relative of Uncle Creepy and Cousin Eerie. She's a benevolent alien vampire hailing from the planet Drakulon, and is one of the first friends this weird and lonely precocious reader of Poe and horror comic aficionado had in this life. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampirella

https://odysee.com/@sayitright77:e/halloween-ambience-3:0?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

Get your Ween on with this Halloween ambience soundtrack.

https://dversepoets.com/2023/10/26/openlinknight-349/

It's been a long time since I've had time to link up with D'Verse Poets open link. 

In keeping with my quest to manage my anxiety (and, in doing so, lessen the severity of the symptoms from my vocal cord dysfunction) here's my comment participation method. 

I use Random.org to select five blogs to visit and comment on. I appreciate any visits I get but please don't feel like you have to comment. I am always working on multiple projects at any given time and I don't have time to pay attention to how many comments a given post does or doesn't get. Thanks for understanding!

~Ornery Owl~

Climate Change Blues

 

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I

you pave paradise

and put up a parking lot

play it on repeat

you pave paradise

and build another strip mall

or subdivision

and put up a parking lot

so when the sun beats down hot

things get hotter yet

play it on repeat

thermometer rising more

waves erode the shore

II

you pave paradise

and build another strip mall

or subdivision

you pave paradise

cookie-cutter houses stand

where there was wetland

and build another strip mall

cause you never have enough

disposable goods

or subdivision

filled with overpriced houses

homeless in the street

III

and put up a parking lot

so when the sun beats down hot

everything sizzles

and put up a parking lot

heat wavers on the asphalt

ocean levels rise

so when the sun beats down hot

there is no place to escape

rising mercury

things get hotter yet

if we don't make some changes

it will be too late

IV

play it on repeat

thermometer rising more

waves erode the shore

play it on repeat

there are some who like to claim

nothing has gone wrong

thermometer rising more

they say its just a cycle

irresponsible

waves erode the shore

close in on coastal cities

we must be the change

~cie~

Prompts Used

Hold onto your hats, People, and let me explain the multiple methods of my madness.

April PAD Challenge 2021

Day 7:

Take a song title, change a word in the title, and make this the title of your poem.

I chose "Cool Change" by Little River Band, altered it to Climate Change, and stuck the word "Blues" on the end because I'm a renegade like that.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-countdown-t-minus-7

D'Verse Poets

Write a circular poem.

https://dversepoets.com/2021/03/25/mtb-coming-full-circle/

The Double Troiku is a form created by Kristian of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. 

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/

To write a Troiku, one first creates a Haiku, then writes three Haiku from the lines of the first Haiku.

A Double Troiku takes things one step further, writing three new Haiku from each of the new Haiku created from the original Troiku.

Anyway, the poem repeatedly "circles back" to the first Haiku. 

There you have the form for my "circular" poem!

Mindlovemisery's Menagerie

Music Prompt

Write a piece based on Woodstock or another song by Joni Mitchell. I selected Big Yellow Taxi. Now, you never see the Big Yellow Taxi mentioned in the poem, but trust me, it's there, idling in the background as it waits for its passenger.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/03/19/woodstock-challenge-178/

Tale Weaver

Time for a change

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/tale-weaver-320-time-for-change-25th-march/

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Cressida de Nova: Carpe Diem # 1841... A Special Challenge...Double ...

Cressida de Nova: Carpe Diem # 1841... A Special Challenge...Double ...:   mysterious landscapes rise and unfold before my eyes worlds of clouds Chevrefeuille ------------------------------------------- mysterious...

A fabulous Troiku.

Celebration Clouds: Double Troiku

 

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https://pixabay.com/illustrations/christmas-angel-christmas-angel-1052918/

I

mysterious landscapes

rise and unfold before my eyes

worlds of clouds

mysterious landscapes

in the dreams of my childhood

promise of wonder

rise and unfold before my eyes

in clouds on Christmas morning

when I still believed

worlds of clouds

promise happiness for all

to those who ascend

II

mysterious landscapes

in the dreams of my childhood

promise of wonder

mysterious landscapes

dreams of faraway places

clouds on Christmas day

in the dreams of my childhood

I believed in tomorrow

every dream a gift

promise of wonder

that only came at Christmas

a beautiful world

III

rise and unfold before my eyes

in clouds on Christmas morning

when I still believed

rise and unfold before my eyes

long-lost dreams of yesterday

with a childlike hope

in clouds on Christmas morning

I believed there were angels

watching from above

when I still believed

there was hope in the worst times

Father sang carols

IV

worlds of clouds

promise happiness for all

to those who ascend

worlds of clouds

billowing, ever-changing

they are no less real

promise happiness for all

clouds do not demand your faith

even at Christmas

to those who ascend

looking down upon the Earth

I wish you good cheer

~cie~

For my father, who now flies above the clouds.

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2020/12/carpe-diem-1841-just-special-challenge.html

Write a double Troiku with the given Haiku.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/12/09/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-december-9th-2020-celebrations/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-30

Write an "exit" poem.

The poem does not specifically use the word "exit," but it is (finally) the last poem for the November PAD challenge, and there is a reference to winter celebrations occurring at the end of the year.

I don't know if I'm going to enter the PAD chapbook challenge. I never win those things. I'm thinking about just publishing the poems myself, nuts to the contest part of it. 

The initial Haiku is © Chèvrefeuille and permission was granted by the poet for the use of this exercise. I am responsible for everything else. 

This triple-threat Troiku was posted to these places:

http://poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com

https://lbry.tv/@poetryofthenetherworld:9

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Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation: The Cold Night

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spring snow

purifies earth and heaven

the cold night

spring snow

covering flowers and trees

a threatening frost

covering flowers and trees

a spring freeze will destroy buds

a hard summer comes

the cold night

emerging from the dream world

the people awake

~cie~

notes

We were charged with creating a fusion-ku from the following two Haiku and a Troiku from the fusion-ku.

spring snow

purifies earth and heaven

our enemies perish

© Mizuhara Shûôshi

the cold night

comes out of the stones

all morning

© Jim Kacian

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation: Troiku Hineri: At Dawn

Image by Johannes Plenio from Pixabay

These round hay bales are a common sight where I live

I

at dawn

I wash my feet with dew

the longest day

at dawn

the sun comes through the window

too bright to look at

I wash my feet with dew

perhaps I am still dreaming

I walk to the yard

the longest day

the too-warm sun of summer

I retreat indoors

II
at dawn
the sun comes through the window
too bright to look at

at dawn
much of the world awakens
though some hide away

the sun comes through the window
too bright to remain asleep
burning fiery orb

too bright to look at
I attempt to ignore it
I begin my day

III
I wash my feet with dew
perhaps I am still dreaming
I walk to the yard

I wash my feet with dew
before the sun burns it off
on grass blades still damp

perhaps I am still dreaming
I would be afraid to walk
unshod on this ground

I walk to the yard
trying to plan the future
what will I grow here?

IV
the longest day
the too-warm sun of summer
I retreat indoors

the longest day
I have many things to do
always stay busy

the too-warm sun of summer
makes me hide inside the house
sun scorching the earth

I retreat indoors
maybe when the evening falls
venture out again

~cie~

Visit the Artist

Visit the Artist

Ghost town Grover and Cactus Clem have a poem they want to share too.

A cactus man like Cactus Clem

Thinks the heat just can't be beat

He don't mind when it gets toasty

He even walks around in bare feet

A ghost like Ghost Town Grover

Tends to prefer the shade

He likes to sit underneath the old tree

Just sippin' lemonade

Visit Good Stuff from Grover for more from Grover, Cactus Clem, and the Ornery Old Lady

Visit the Ornery Poetry Blog

notes

The original Haiku for the Troiku Army was written by © Yozakura (1640-1716).

at dawn

I wash my feet with dew

the longest day

Carpe Diem New Beginnings: Reincarnation Wave

shrouded memories

wash to the shore like a wave

lives unremembered

shrouded memories

creeping up from the dark past

preying on my mind

wash to the shore like a wave

I wish I could float away

forgetting this strife

lives unremembered

hiding in my troubled mind

preparing to spring

~cie~

notes

We were given two Haiku by Jane Reichhold (1937 - 2016) with which to create a "fusion-ku," and from there, to create a Troiku. Here are Jane's Haiku. My "sleigh" is a Senryu rather than a Haiku, but so it goes.

a huge wave

thundering across the beach

my birthday

sky-clad

the new-born comes wrapped

in previous lives

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #111 Troiku ... New Beginnings ... Lotus starts to bloom

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in deep prayer

eyes closed in devotion -

Lotus starts to bloom

in deep prayer

I can't trust what my mind says

it plays tricks on me

eyes closed in devotion -

trying to change my focus

away from my pain

lotus starts to bloom

is the lotus in my mind

real or illusion?

~truth seeker~

notes

The sleigh of the Troiku was created By Chèvrefeuille. The horses were gingerly handled by someone.

Carpe Diem #1789: Winter Trees

Image by David Mark from Pixabay

axe unfolding wood

the lumberjack's hand brings down

winter trees on snow

axe unfolding wood

scent of oils rising from bark

mighty giants fallen

the lumberjack's hand brings down

sturdy wood to build new homes

and for furniture

winter trees on snow

they can serve the people well

if culled thoughtfully

~Cie~

Sustainable forestry practices allow us to live in harmony with nature.

Notes:

This Troiku was created from a fusion Haiku inspired by a pair of Haiku by Yosa Buson (1716 - 1784).

cutting into with the ax,

I was surprised at the scent.

the winter trees.

unfolding at the

hand of the glass polisher:

a camellia!

© Yosa Buson

Carpe Diem #1784: Rain at the Crossroads

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soaking wet signpost

I try to read while trudging

through wet pampas grass

soaking wet signpost

water running in my eyes

watercolor rain

I try to read while trudging

always try to do too much

must learn to focus

through wet pampas grass

the signpost just up ahead

slips further away

Santoka Taneda & Cie

Notes:

The assignment today was to take two Haiku by Santoka Taneda (3 December 1882 – 11 October 1940) and turn them into a single Haiku, then turn that Haiku into a Troiku. 

Here are the two original Haiku:

soaking wet

I can’t read the letters

on the signpost

walking through

the bush clover, the pampas grass,

walking on through them

© Santoka Taneda

Carpe Diem #1777: A Fusion of Seasons

Image by aalmeidah from Pixabay

cricket silence

between scraping sounds

autumn begins

© Jane Reichhold

it touches the line

of my fishing pole -

this summer moon

© Chiyo-Ni

summer fishing done

as the crickets fall silent

autumn now begins

summer fishing done

we must prepare for winter

weather is too warm

as the crickets fall silent

will they return in the spring

species fall extinct

autumn now begins

the season that I love best

should not be so warm

~Cie~

Notes:

We were asked to create a fusion Haiku from the first two poems and then create a Troiku from the fusion Haiku. The Three Horses of the Apocalypse led my sleigh to weather that is unseasonably hot and dry. It should not be close to 80 degrees in Colorado in November. So I got all environmentally conscious on everyone and turned my Troiku to a Senryu, because that's the kind of thing I do.

OctPoWriMo 2019: Day 29 + Carpe Diem #1771 Lightness of Being the Firefly

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longing for the grass

at the bottom of the pool

those fireflies.

longing for the grass

with lust almost immoral

they light up the night

at the bottom of the pool

they float free now of burden

solitude sublime

those fireflies

craving no deeper meaning

than being alive

Basho & Cie

Notes:

The "sleigh" of this Troiku was created by Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694). The team of firefly horses was guided by me.

I just noticed this Emoji icon in the bottom right corner of my post. It looks all pissed off and frazzled. I laugh, as this is the first poem in several days that has been at peace with things. It's about fireflies, just doing firefly stuff, longing for grass, and lighting up the night. I didn't notice the Emoji thing yesterday or the day before. Maybe it exploded upon being exposed to the radioactive rage of my post.

Now it's a starched white shirt with a red tie. Apparently, the fireflies have gone into business and are dressing the part.

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #99: Crossroads of Summer

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I

buttercups

peeping through fog

opening to the sun

buttercups

I missed my turn once again

may I back it up?

peeping through the fog

on the way to take boxes

last stop on the way

opening to the sun

my heart opens very slowly

fearing further pain

II

sunshine lights

on hibiscus leaves before their

own dark

sunshine lights

but sometimes the sunshine lies

as much as shadow

on hibiscus leaves before their

time comes to fade for autumn

fall's first frost comes soon

own dark

indeed, I once thought I could

instead, dark owned me

~Jane & Cie~

Notes:

The "sleighs" of this team of Troku were created by Jane Reichhold (1937 - 2016). The wild horses pulling the "sleighs" were wrangled by me, or, more likely, I was wrangled by them.

The second stanza of the first Troiku references a favorite song: Aqualung by Morcheeba. This song has deep personal significance, and we'll just leave it at that.

Carpe Diem Field of Flowers: Peony

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dainty peony

a garden's painted lady

makes a home for ants

dainty peony

ants climbing in the petals

seeking space to rest

a garden's painted lady

something from another time

and at once timeless

makes a home for ants

petals form a cozy bed

hidden from the sun

~Cie~

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #97: Depth of a Flower

Wildflower Bouquet

I

windy weather

calling the flowers by name

each nods

windy weather
inspiring too much thinking 
melancholy thoughts

calling the flowers by name
the flowers in a graveyard
have names of the lost

each nods
no fight when the time has come
blowing away home

II

depth of a flower

flying away with the bee

some mystery

depth of a flower
what hides deep inside beauty
mystery within

flying away with the bee
nectar feeds tomorrow's child
hope for the future

some mystery
can spark curiosity
or can drive one mad

Jane & Cie

Notes:

The "sleighs" of these two Troiku were created by Jane Reichhold (1937 - 2016). The Six Horses of the Apocalypse escaped from my unstable stables.