Life: the only game there is
On the Carpe Diem site we have been set an interesting challenge – to write a haiku or tanka on the theme of ‘life is a game’.
This isn’t exactly a new theme for poetry, many poets in different countries, writing in different languages, have done the same, but it seems to me a bit unusual for haiku. However, us haiku writers can rise to any challenge, and I suspect that, in the ‘old days’ when Basho and his friends were holding (drunken) haiku parties, many way-out subjects were used.
Chèvrefeuille himself has given us a beautiful haiku as a model, tying the game to the seasons:
life is but a game
nature rolls the dices
seasons change
I haven’t managed to use the seasons, but I found the theme fits the haiku form well:
life is an endgame
only the Fates are certain
when the game will end.
e a m harris 
Wonderful poetry… you really caught the essence of the Carpe Diem motto… The Three Fates fit perfectly here as well… Happy New Year 😀
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Thank you for your visit, your wishes and your comment. I hope that 2018 will be a great year for you.
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Four seasons of life
birth, youth,midlife and old age-
Death, then rebirth.
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Thank you for your thoughtful poem. You’ve included the seasons beautifully. And it’s so true.
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I like this haiku … it feels spiritual.
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Thank you so much for your comment. I think all life has a spiritual side – even the games.
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