On this post inspired by Carpe Diem haiku Kai, we'll be looking at the fall or autumn and to inspire us there a haiku by Karakoromo Kishu (1743-1802). But before we look the haiku, Chèvrefeulle also gives us a quote that sets the tone to the prompt:
[...] "The fall of the year is not merely the fall of the leaves but the fall of the vital powers in all natural things including man. We feel it ourselves and are thus and thus only able to see it in things outside." [...] (R.H.Blyth)An interesting quote which I've been contemplating myself ... in our youth oriented age where everything is always "newer and better" , we tend to shy away from the fact that of course, things aren't always newer. The natural processes of life, the natural depreciation of all things is something that our consumerist society would tend to sweep under a rug having us believe that we are immortal, if we buy this or that product, which of course isn't true at all. Here's today's haiku:
aki no kure karasu mo nakade tori keri
an autumn evening;
without a cry,
a crow passes
© Kishu
an autumn evening;
without a cry,
a crow passes
© Kishu
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moonless night
in the dark autumn sky
silence
in the dark autumn sky
silence
dead leaves dance
morning birds are silent
at dawn
morning birds are silent
at dawn
an old couple
sitting on the park bench
leaves fall like rain
sitting on the park bench
leaves fall like rain
in October
the gulls fly over the lake
abandoned shores
the gulls fly over the lake
abandoned shores
© G.s.k. '14
