Writing with Shiki - "The cuckoo's cry" June 26, 2014

Unfortunately, I was late for the Ghost writer's prompt prepared by Jessica Slavin dedicated to Issa, one of my favorite haiku poets!  The post was lovely and if you haven't read it yet, please do so now by clicking HERE.

I wish to just dedicate a haiku to Issa before moving on:

rain falls on rooftops
cleaning away summer's dust
the wasps buzz playfully

I saw this happen yesterday and thought of Issa when under a brilliant sunny sky, rain started falling ... the wasps on my neighbor's roof seemed to be having a shower :-)

Now for today's post.  

 

 

 This fourth post dedicated to Shiki fell on the day of national mourning in the Netherlands for the victims of the Malaysian Airlines attack which occurred a week ago killing over 250 passengers, the majority, Dutch.  Our minds go to the victims and to their family and friends who must now cope with such a terrible loss.

 

Heres Shiki's poem:

 

minazuki no  kokū ni suzushi  hototogisu

in the coolness
of the empty sixth-month sky...
the cuckoo's cry

© Masaoka Shiki

And here is Chévrefeuille's haiku:

the summer heat
trembles at the horizon -
a cooling breeze

the summer heat
trembles at the horizon -
a cooling breeze

© Chèvrefeuille

 

 

 

under a crystal sky
raindrops fall copiously
the cuckoo cries

© G.s.k. '14

 

Writing with Chiyo-Ni (4) - "That's all there is" - July 21, 2014

Today we visit with the world renowned poetess Chiyo-Ni.  Carpe Diem Haiku Kai dedicates this post to the people who died when their airplane of Malaysia Airlines was shot down recently over the Ukraine killing 298 people of which 192 were Dutch. The Netherlands and the world  mourns them.

Chèvrefeuille has chosen this haiku to express that mourning:

cool clear water
and fireflies that vanish
that is all there is...

© Chiyo-Ni

 
Credits: Dew Drops

This is Chèvrefeuilles haiku:

lost lives
leaving just tears -
morning dew

© Chèvrefeuille 

And now I will attempt this difficult task:

silver moon
high in the sky
then tears drops

© G.s.k. '14