Carpe Diem #1579 bonfire (takibi)

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

We are exploring the modern and classical kigo (seasonwords) for winter. Yesterday we had a nice modern kigo from Jane Reichhold's "A Dictionary of Haiku", the online version. Today I have a nice classical kigo for you to work with. Today our kigo is "bonfire (takibi)". In this time of year, the Holidays, I think there are several bonfires all around the world in this time of year. So no need to explain this kigo ...

To inspire you I have a wonderful "bonfire" video for you. In this video you can see a bonfire, but also hear a sweet children's song from Japan.

I hope you enjoyed this music video and that it has awakened your muse.

I found a nice haiku themed "bonfire" by Mamta Agarwal:

sit around bonfire, 
sparks rise and fly like glow worms; 
charred logs fall with thud. 

© Mamta Agarwal

And here a haiku written by myself:

bonfire

the scent of pine trees overwhelms the senses -

back to school again

© Chèvrefeuille

Bonfire (takibi)

To conclude this episode I have another nice "bonfire" haiku by Kobayashi Issa, one of the five greatest haiku poets:

foot of the mountain--

without a cheer

my New Year's bonfire

© Kobayashi Issa

Well ... I hope I have awakened your muses.

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until January 14th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode later on.

Share your "bonfire" themed Japanese poetry with us all here at our Haiku Kai, the place to be if you like to write and share Japanese poetry. Have fun!

1.	Virginia Popescu	3.	Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr	5.	Dolores
2.	Kim M. Russell	4.	Madasahatter572	6.	Sara McNulty

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