Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Here in New England the temperatures have been in the teens and tens and zeroes the last week or so, with the coldest weather in years expected tonight. This inspired me to pull out Volume 4 of R.H.Blyth's "Haiku" series, for some appropriate winter haiku. The cold blast - Small stones rattling On the planks of the pent-roof. ----Buson The winter tempest Blows small stones Onto the temple bell. ---Buson The tempest is blowing Someone's painfully Swollen face. ---Basho Winter desolation In a world of one color the sound of the wind. ---Basho The previous owner, I know it all-- Down to the very cold he felt. ---Issa So bitter cold it was I left the bamboo broom Under the pine tree. ---Taigi A thin-bladed kitchen knife Dropped at the edge of the well - The cold! ---Buson The sound of a rat on a plate - How cold it is! ---Buson The desolation of winter, Passing through a small hamlet, A dog barks. ---Shiki By the light of the next room I sit before my small food-table; Ah, the cold! ---Issa (note: Issa is so poor he can't even afford a room in the Inn with a light, so he keeps the door open to see by the light of the next room. Blyth notes that because there is no self-pity in this haiku, Issa's wretchedness becomes impersonal. and universal) A child under ten, taken to the temple; Bitter cold! ---Shiki (Note: the child's parents are too poor to support their child so they take him to the temple to become a priest on a cold cold night). Raising my head, I gaze a my recumbent form: Bitter cold. ---Raizan The light in the next room Also goes out: The night is cold. ---Shiki After killing the spider, A lonely Cold night. ---Shiki My neighbors hate me, Rattling their saucepans This winter night! ---Buson (note: Buson's neighbors are presumably making something tasty in their saucepans while he lies there cold and hungry under a thin blanket) My bones Feel the quilts; A frosty night. ---Buson Stay warm, everyone! And if you can't get warm, try writing a haiku of your own! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Dearest Davidji, So now you've so playfully offered a "Show & Tell" sesshin, and David Dear, I's een your dream-dazzled hullabaloo of Haijin high jinks! My tiny-thinks linked with the hakui winter-bled from this hi coo head: Winter desolationIn a world of one colorthe sound of the wind. ---Basho Desultory wins in winsome chin-chucking in the wind of wanting friends - the colorful flag of baffled Bhavics, Obliterates in Om The previous owner,I know it all--Down to the very cold he felt. ---Issa I Am the only Ancestor, nodding, knowing you all as myself, down to the cold we now have A thin-bladed kitchen knifeDropped at the edge of the well -The cold! ---Buson Kitch and naf, thinfin roostertail lures assures well the edges swell of gills still gasping "cold entrails...oh well. The desolation of winter,Passing through a small hamlet,A dog barks. ---Shiki On a dark lark sparked at night sohams passed through hands clasped stilling barking about sharks in the card game By the light of the next roomI sit before my small food-table;Ah, the cold! ---Issa (note: Issa is so poor he can't even afford a room in the Innwith a light, so he keeps the door open to see by the light of the nextroom. Blyth notes that because there is no self-pity in this haiku, Issa'swretchedness becomes impersonal. and universal) Making onion soup, soul-bold regroup -- brevity of being fed by Love peeling me, crying lingers pungent in the air I weep clear A child under ten,taken to the temple;Bitter cold! ---Shiki (Note: the child's parents are too poor to support their child sothey take him to the temple to become a priest on a cold cold night). Kid of nine defined by the time the tent revival came to town - declined on the cold reason of belief being declined Raising my head,I gaze at my recumbent form:Bitter cold. ---Raizan Hair-raising gazing at the form of God when I died - Butter-Gold Mind mined...Love Mimed "it's not time!" The light in the next roomAlso goes out:The night is cold. ---Shiki sitting getting hotter for Bob then ever, clever lever of letting go of everything - my sister shut the lights off in the midst of Seeing. After killing the spider,A lonelyCold night. ---Shiki Killing spiders I cannot do, if spider-killing is the thing to do... I let Shiva shake their net and take their webby goo. Stay warm, everyone! And if you can't get warm, try writing a haiku of yourown!David Thanks so much David for this marvelous opportunity to tune in with your wind of wonderful haiku halvah, heaped up at Harsha's and feeling oh so very true to just being You! Love You, my Brother...stay warm, you Dear Adored Adorer. LoveAlways, Mazie Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software — optimizes dial-up to the max! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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