Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
Today another Carpe Diem Special a haiku written by our haiku master for this month Chiyo-Ni. The goal of this specials is write a new haiku inspired on the one given of Chiyo-Ni and to try to touch her sense and Spirit. think we can learn from the classic haiku masters. For example: How they use their words, how they look at their environment and nature ... just to see in a different way.
Our Chiyo-Ni haiku for this Special is:
koborete wa tada no mizunari beni no tsuyu
the dew of the rouge flower
when it is spilled
is simply water
when it is spilled
is simply water
It's a wonderful haiku written by her. Blyth (author of a four volume series on haiku) says: [...] The reddish-yellow flower is cup-shaped and holds rain or dew in the same way as the Camellia. There is great 'virtue' in the expression tada no. If we translate it 'only' water, we get the feeling of disillusionment without the insight into the nature of things, into what Carlyle calls "the great Fact of excistence". [...]
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| Rouge Flower (?) I don't know if this is the flower which is meant in this haiku by Chiyo-Ni. |
Virginia Creeper
it's cupped blossom filled
with early Spring dew
spilled in the breeze
the Spring morning's water -
Virginia Creeper bows
cup-shaped flower
releases her Spring rain water
in the puddle
Well I think that you, my dear friends, can write a nice new haiku on this one. So I am looking forward to your posts. This prompt will stay on 'till February 23th 11.59 AM (CET) and I will post our new episode of Carpe Diem later on today around 10.00 PM (CET). That new prompt will be 'Castle'.
it's cupped blossom filled
with early Spring dew
spilled in the breeze
the Spring morning's water -
Virginia Creeper bows
cup-shaped flower
releases her Spring rain water
in the puddle
Well I think that you, my dear friends, can write a nice new haiku on this one. So I am looking forward to your posts. This prompt will stay on 'till February 23th 11.59 AM (CET) and I will post our new episode of Carpe Diem later on today around 10.00 PM (CET). That new prompt will be 'Castle'.
I thought this was really really hard, and I love your interpretations. A flower rouge is hard to find.
ReplyDeleteAnother lovely post and well penned haiku ~ thanks ^_^
ReplyDeleteYes! Spring is all about the puddles!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Looking forward to reading these. A little behind on reading--some weeks are so busy :)
ReplyDeleteJust made it!
ReplyDeleteHard to imagine, which flower was meant.
This was hard because I couldn't imagine a flower I've never seen... but I remembered the dew drops part and it helped. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI had a lot of difficulty with this prompt, but the roses at Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, I saw early one morning while waiting to take a carriage ride kept coming to me...the dew was so thick and wonderful on the petals of the roses...that is what I wrote about.
ReplyDeleteThis was a lovely prompt. ...."think we can learn from the classic haiku masters. For example: How they use their words, how they look at their environment and nature ... just to see in a different way." is so inspiring. I will add it to my haiku journal.
Thank you. And Peace be with you.