Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
Welcome at a new episode of CDHK. This month we are exploring the beauty of classical kigo and today I have another beautiful kigo for you. Instead of "burning fields" it has become "burning the hills" (yama yuki). And maybe you can remember that we have had a month full of Japanese festivals back in 2015, one of those festivals was Wakakusa Yamayaki (Burning down Mount Wakakusa).
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| Priest preparing Wakakusa Yamayaki |
burning the mountain
smoke swirls from the green grass
pleasing the gods
© Chèvrefeuille
Well ... it is not an easy prompt, but it is for sure a challenging one. So be prepared on a "struggle" with this prompt, this classical kigo for spring.
I have tried to find a few examples of haiku with this kigo but I only found one by Issa, not on "burning the hills", but on "burning fields":
windblown clouds--
the fires of burning fields
bring sunset
© Issa (Tr. Daniel Lanoue)
Maybe it was a kigo that wasn't used often, but that ... I don't know.
This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until April 15th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, thaw, later on. For now .... have fun!
Share your haiku or tanka inspired on this beautiful, but difficult, classical kigo, with us all here at our Haiku Kai.
| 1. | Virginia Popescu | 4. | E A M Harris | 7. | forestbather | |
| 2. | Kim M. Russell | 5. | Nicole Pottier | |||
| 3. | Isabel Caves | 6. | Dolores |
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