Chèvrefeuille writes:
"our first prompt of our new month of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, November. The first seven (regular) prompts will be the seven sacred autumn flowers and today the first of those sacred autumn flowers is Bush Clover (Hagi)."I found it interesting that the word Bush Clover in Japanese is Hagi ... in Italian that's the way Haji has been transliterated - in the Muslim faith a Haji (Italian - Hagi) is a person who has gone to Mecca for Sacred Pilgrimage ... which of course has nothing to do with Bush Clover but it struck me anyway as interesting anyway :-) .
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Tree Sparrows and Bush Clover (Hagi ni suzume) : Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797-1858 - RISD Museum
tree sparrows
among the bush clover flowers chirrup happily
shimmering fog
bush clover flowers swaying - in the northern wind
© G.s.k. '14
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Here are some haiku written by the haiku Master - Basho:
mire te yuku ya hito mo okashi ame no hagi
to get wet
by passing a man is interesting
bush clover in rain
© Basho
shiratsuyu wo kobusanu hagi no uneri kana
not spilling the glistening dew,
the bush clover,
undulating
© Basho
yuujo no onajiyane no moto de amarini moga nemutte iru hagi to tsuki
under the same roof
courtesans, too, are asleep --
bush clover and the moon
© Basho
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I like the image of the flowers swaying in the wind.
ReplyDeleteThanks ... I love them too ...
DeleteHello Georgia - as always, both are great! but the second haiku is so vivid -- thinking of the swaying flowers as a type of shimmering fog is so peaceful.
ReplyDeleteThanks ... I had problem with the editor yesterday ... that second haiku was the first and nearly left it off in frustration ...
DeleteLovely response Georgia, both are real beauties.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Kristjaan! :-)
DeleteLove them both, cara...and the image of that shimmering fog...nice rolling off the lake
ReplyDeleteThanks dear girl .. I love fog, at least theoretically ... a lot more when I was younger and didn't have joint ache.
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