Kaga no Chiyo, considered one of the foremost women haiku poets, began writing at the age of seven. She studied under two haiku masters who had themselves apprenticed with the great poet, Basho.... In 1755, Chiyo became a Buddhist nun -- not, she said, in order to renounce the world, but as a way 'to teach her heart to be like the clear water which flows night and day'. From that moment on she is known as Chiyo-Ni (Ni means nun).Today's choice for the big 5 at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is Chiyo-Ni (1703-1775) and as we read above the Ni means nun ... from the Wikipedia we read that she was the daughter of a pcture framer and began writing haiku at the age of seven and by the age of 17 she was renowned throughout Japan. The haiku chosen is a fairly tipical subject for a Buddhist haiku ...
Chiyo- Ni
meigetsu ya ittemo ittemo yoso no soraI think of walking under the bright moon in an infinite sky, unknown and unknowable as I read this poem ... the wonder and awe before the majesty of life.
autumn's bright moon,
however far I walked, still afar off
in an unknown sky
© Chiyo-Ni
crytalline sky
walking awestruck, under the stars
infinite beauty
walking awestruck, under the stars
infinite beauty
© G.s.k. '14
Nightly we get a new show in the sky.
ReplyDeleteYou capture the feeling so well
And we reamin awestruck at how small we are! Thank you for dropping by!
DeleteThis is gorgeous --- there's nothing like walking awestruck under the stars. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, it gives me the feeling of the sillyness of our illusion to comprehend everything ;-)
DeleteI like to think of the walker as the one of infinite beauty...
ReplyDeleteMoon in My Wineglass
infinite in the infinite - nice thought!
DeleteI remember visiting in Upstate NY and seeing the Milky Way for the first time in the nights sky... talk about infinity and beyond!
ReplyDeleteYep ... that's what my haiku was talking about - it just awes to really see the sky in all it's magnificence!
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