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| photo © Sandra Simpson |
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
What a joy to bring you a new episode of our special Theme Week "Carpe Diem honors Jane Reichhold'. As you all know the haiku and tanka world has a lot to be grateful of and I think we can be grateful for all that Jane has meant for the haiku and tanka world. Jane was one of the best modern haiku poetesses I know and she was part of our Haiku Kai family for a few years. If she would still be alive we had celebrated her 80th birthday, but as you all know Jane died last year. So this Theme Week is special because we are celebrating her 80th birthday with a lot of wonderful poems created by her.
Today I love to share a few of her haiku to inspire you. This time I have chosen you bring a few spring haiku written by her. These haiku I have extracted from her "A Dictionary of Haiku", a modern saijiki.
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| spring clouds above Fuji No Yama, the holy mountain of Japan |
morning breeze
coming in the window
surf sounds
changing forms
coming in the window
surf sounds
changing forms
all around the Buddha
clouds in a blue sky
clouds
flooding the river
with spring
spring cloud melt
flooding river willows
green leaves
clouds in a blue sky
clouds
flooding the river
with spring
spring cloud melt
flooding river willows
green leaves
© Jane Reichhold (A Dictionary of Haiku, spring part)
A lovely series of haiku of spring by Jane. And the image of Mount Fuji No Yama, the holy mountain of Japan, brings me also the possibility to tell you a little bit of our upcoming month. I remember that I had other plans for February, but recently I read a wonderful story, more a diary, about Japan, the land of the rising sun. That story triggered me and it brought me an idea for next month. Next month, February, we will travel through Japan. We will visit places which are important for us haiku poets, but we also will discover that wonderful country where our beloved haiku (and tanka) was born.
cherry blossoms bloom
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| Image found on Pinterest |
in praise of the gods
Fuji No Yama
© Chèvrefeuille
This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until January 27th at noon (CET). Have fun!
I very much look forward to next month.
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