sekizoro o
suzume no warau detachi kana
year-end
mummers
are a sight to make
the sparrows laugh
© Matsuo
Basho (Tr. Addiss)are a sight to make
the sparrows laugh
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| Sekizoro Singers by Yosa Buson |
This is a haiga painted by Yosa Buson for the world famous haiku ''frogpond'' by Basho:
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| Haiga ''frogpond'' |
Buson wrote almost 3000 haiku in his lifetime and was a
master of observation, due his painting
skills. This is today's haiku prompt:
Sumizumi ni
nokoru samusa ya ume no hana
in nooks
and corners
cold remains:
flowers of the plum
cold remains:
flowers of the plum
© Yosa
Buson (tr. RH Blyth)
This is Chevrefeuille's haiku dedicated to Buson:
fresh fallen snow
reflects the light of the full moon -
first plum blossom blooms
reflects the light of the full moon -
first plum blossom blooms
© Chèvrefeuille
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One of the main products of our area are plums ...
late spring cold
surprises the first plum blossoms
surprises the first plum blossoms
in Sarca valley
What a nice response on Buson's haiku Georgia, your link didn't work properly so I have re-linked you ...
ReplyDeleteThank you for fixing the link and I'm pleased you enjyed it.
DeleteThis is gorgeous! Plus I've learned something new about your area. Here, we have peaches and apples. And it can be a catastrophe when the tender blossoms are caught in a freeze, can't it?
ReplyDeleteLoved this haiku.
Thanks Jen - our area id definately agricultural ... except for our tourists of course. Yes here we'll have some early warm days and all the trees start blooming ... then we'll get a cold snap, sometimes even a little snow. But they usually pop right back no worse for the ware. Apples need a freeze, they tell me, to bring on the fruit.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely photo, no exquisite with a haiku that does it justice. Brava, cara.
ReplyDeleteThanks that was a photo I took last year ... and transformed inot a haiga! Glas you liked it!
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