Now that they end
There is no flower that can compare
With cherry blossoms
© Iio Sogi
This is the last prompt for Lio Sogi, an early hokku master, who among other things wrote a Dokugin .. a sort of Soliloquy no Renga ... the haiku above was the beginning of one of these Solo Renga! I liked the idea and so thought I'd try to do the same ... beginning at where Sogi lead me ... mankind's tendency to always look for "greener pastures" ... perhaps in a season we've lamented so much about ... winter. ;-)
Dokugin or Soliloquy no Renga
winter memories
so much brighter in summer
dripping sweat
buzzing swarms of mosquitoes
heat haze across the mountains
so much brighter in summer
dripping sweat
buzzing swarms of mosquitoes
heat haze across the mountains
hoping for a breeze
the screens keep insects out
the screens keep insects out
dreaming of mountains
closing shades and curtains
to keep the hot sun outside
to keep the hot sun outside
fields burnt yellow
cicadas shrill refrain
winter silence
cicadas shrill refrain
winter silence
© G.s.k. ‘15
