Wednesday Haiku, Week #23
late winter
again in my dreams
the playground bully
Cherie Hunter Day
it's the horseflies'
playground...
chrysanthemum
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue
Yatsushi kikujidō by Suzuki Harunobu
best,
Don
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far beyond water's edge
ReplyDeletesome flower
picking in her reveries
maybe "she" is.... Chrysanthemum
this delightful piece just must be beginning element of one of Harunobu's Shunga instruction series
K.
Love the word link and juxtaposition between the poems – almost like a dialogue between poets parted by the centuries.
ReplyDeleteKokkie-san:
ReplyDeleteFound this piece at the Library of Congress picture site ... I'll investigate to see if there are more.
Lovely little ku, too, my friend.
Mary:
ReplyDeleteThanks very much - this type of conversation puts the modern poet's work in a big picture perspective ...
A little like Issa's poem about seeing the Milky Way through a tear in a curtain ...
Don
The little chick looks a bit lonely on the playground.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the poignancy of Cherie Hunter Day's haiku. The balance of late winter and the lingering presence of the playground bully feels just right. - Mark
ReplyDeleteThanks much, Mark, glad you enjoyed it. And Charles, there might be another poem there ...
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