We begin with Basho, this prompt was first published on October 19th 2012:
And we have a second haiku to inspire us as well ... Yozakura, who also writes about Sado which was where exiles were sent.the rough sea
flowing toward Sado Isle
the River of Heaven© Basho (1644-1694)Sado was an isle for banishment.
an outcast I amday dreaming along the seashore;Sado Isle beckons© Yozakura
So I feel that the rough seas we are reading about here are not necessarily the physical rough seas, but turmoil in an emotional sense, and rough seas are in fact a metaphor. In the first haiku, between the troubles of life and serenity ... in the second the personal desperation of living as an outcast.
storm and windrough seas
rough seas beat my home shores
- church bells toll
river of clouds on the rocks
- a lonely path
© G.s.k. '14
These are great, Georgia -- but imo the imagery in the second is amazing. And what a photo to go with it :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! An old photo actually but I liked it a lot.
DeleteDear Georgia, thank you for your congratulations and warm words sprinkled on me. I am proud to be your host at CDHK and I am really glad and grateful that Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is still alive and kicking . These two haiku are really beautiful and it feels great to see how you have caught the essences of the haiku I gave, the nature-rough sea and the inner rough sea ... Thank you for sharing these and thank you for being a haiku-family member.
ReplyDeleteHappy to be part of the haiku-family ... and I'm happy that I caught the meaning of the haiku you gave. The world wouldn't be the same I thik now, if there were no CDHK and this is a lovely way to celebrate the anniversary of your blog. Hugs.
DeleteRough seas work themselves out. Nicely Georgia!
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They usually do .. no storm lasts forever, thank heavens.
DeleteTolling church bells are a perfect metaphor for rough seas--and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteYes ... it works well.
DeleteHow scary the rough seas can be!! Nicely written.
ReplyDeleteI've walked some of those lonely paths...
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Ah yes ... I can only imagine. In the end, we're not alone, most of us have known those lonely paths.
Deleteyes stormy seas can be symbolic. The stormy sea was always where I went to think...
ReplyDeleteI used to like to walk in the fog ... didn't have a story sea nearby ;-)
DeleteLovely series, Georgia...it is a lonely path during storms and high winds.
ReplyDeleteI've know a couple over the years. But as I said to Moonie, I preferred to walk in the fog ... the silence is soothing.
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