Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
Welcome at a new episode of our wonderful Kai. This month we are celebrating autumn, the most wonderful season in my opinion, with all themes about autumn. Today I have a nice "Renga With Basho ... Hineri" for you. As you all know 'hineri' means 'twist' and in this Renga With Basho ... Hineri I have made it even more difficult I think.
First this by the way: Through all the circumstances at the hospital I am far behind with visiting and commenting on your submissions. I hope to visit you all a.s.a.p. but I cannot tell you when and how.
As you all know Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) was a great renga-master and has written a lot of "hokku" to start a renga with and all his "hokku" became renown as haiku. For today's episode I have chosen six haiku themed autumn by Basho of course all were taken from Jane Reichhold's "Basho, The Complete Haiku" as I do every time as I create an episode of "Renga With Basho ..."
Because of our "autumn" themed month I have chosen all autumn haiku to create your renga with. As I said above this is a "Renga With Basho ... Hineri" episode, so with a twist. This time you have to use the fourth haiku as the "hokku" (starting verse) and ... and this is a new challenge I think, the sixth haiku must be the sixth haiku in your renga too. The other four haiku you can line-up in your own choice. Of course I also challenge you to make the "chain" complete with your "ageku" (closing verse). You have to add the two-lined stanza with approximately 14 syllables.
Here are the six haiku to use for your "Renga With Basho ... Hineri", let us take pride in the honor to create a Renga with the master:
autumn's wind
mouth at the sliding door
a piercing voice
asleep
the good-looking bush clover
has a flowery face
that handsome man
clearly is no longer living
a rain-hidden moon
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| Japanese Cedar (bonsai) |
autumn has come
visiting my ear on
a pillow of wind *
is it a spider
with a voice crying
the autumn wind
end of the month
no moon hugging an ancient cedar
in the storm **
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold; taken from "Basho, The Complete Haiku")
* this one must be your "hokku"
** this one must be your 6th haiku
A wonderful series of haiku to work with I think. I am looking forward to your renga with Basho. Have fun!
This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7:00 PM (CET) and will remain open until November 27th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode later on.
Share your "Renga With Basho ... Hineri" by using the given haiku with us all here at our Haiku Kai. Remember it's a "hineri" episode so there are a few "rules" to follow. Have fun!
| 1. | Madasahatter572 | 2. | Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr |
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