Arco (TN)

Arco (TN)

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Writing with Shiba Sonome - Ghost Writer - October 29, 2014

This month the guest haiku poet at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai was Shiba Sonome which was very interesting indeed and full of beautiful examples of other haiku poets of her age.  I'll be trying  to write haiku following the idea of karumi, a definition of karumi tells us:

Karumi: ‘lightness’.  The simple treatment of the beauty to be found in the ordinary; common poetry, not that of the court.

Here are some quotes from the haiku master, Basho to help define this concept:

  "Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant.”
 "In my view a good poem is one in which the form of the verse, and the joining of its two parts, seem light as a shallow river flowing over its sandy bed”.






 sunflowers
growing wild in the fields
free flight

blue skies
 river Sarca flows by
- blackbird sings

autumn haze
hiding the mountains
in a veil

(c) G.s.k. '14



19 comments:

  1. I'm especially fond of the veiled mountains. What mystery must lurk behind them!

    Only One Feather

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  2. Gorgeous - I esp can see "the mountains in a veil"

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    1. Thanks George for your comment ... glad you enjoyed the write.

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  3. The second one really grabs me, but they're all good.

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    1. I'm partial to blackbirds myself ... thanks for commenting!

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  4. Oh, Georgia -- the sunflowers' free flight is amazing :)

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  5. Blackbirds and rivers hold a special fascination for me. Good read.

    Departing

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    1. For me as well ... so I see we have something in common ... besides haiku of course! :-)

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  6. How did you know that I adore the violin and the harp? {kidding aside…how could you know?...chuckles} I find the violin sings, weeps, laughs and the harp soars, floats…You have captured with music and words this perfect moment with mes tournesols…ah, cara, merci pour ce beau moment…thankfully the mountains are veiled so not to intrude on this magical moment of beauty.Grazie, cara for presenting such a beautiful series…brava! xx

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    1. Ah ... I looked into my crystal ball and saw the these are the instruments that inspire poetry ... glad you enjoyed the haiku :-)

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  7. Ooops just saw the prompt...well then thanks to Yves for the video too (winks)

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    1. No problem dear Cheryl-Lynn ... I chose the video and wrote that prompt ;-)

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    2. Yes, I realized that after but thought I had written enough about my blunder...haha...music is such a good inspiration.

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  8. So very lovely Georgia, they have a wonderful movement

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    1. Thanks Yves .. I'm happy you enjoyed the haiku ... :-)

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  9. I particularly like the first poem, mainly because the last line is so good and arrives so unexpectedly, so that I have to pause and fit the images together - I always enjoy that sensation when reading :)

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    1. Nice choice .. whenever possible I like to create a nice surprise ending - this one wasn't really much of a surprise but it was abrupt to stop one up ... glad you enjoyed it Blake.

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harmonious words ... like crystal clear water ... pure ectasy

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