Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
What a wonderful spring day we had here in The Netherlands. It felt almost like early summer, I even could stay a while outside in the garden enjoying the warmth of the sun on my face. Yes ... it was an awesome spring day.
This month we are exploring classical and non-classical kigo for spring and today I have another wonderful classical kigo extracted from the Shiki saijiki for you all to work with. Our classical kigo for today is Hibari (Skylark).
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| Skylark (woodblock-print by Bijutsu Sekai (1803-1896) |
And here are a few haiku from my archive:
mezzo-soprano sings
a love song by Chopin -
cry of a Skylark
in touch with the gods
pine trees reaching for heaven -
skylarks sing their song
© Chèvrefeuille
And here is another example with this classical kigo created by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), my sensei:
hibari naku naka no hyoshi ya kiji no koe
through the skylark's singing
comes the beat
of pheasants' cries
© Basho
Ofcourse I had to create a new one and that wasn't an easy task, but I think I succeeded with the following haiku:
high in the sky
the faint shadow of a skylark
hear! he praises the Creator
© Chèvrefeuille
This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until April 22nd at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode later on.
I do not know the Skylark as a Trinidad and Tobago bird so i research to be inspired to respond today
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distant church bells ring
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a lark ascending
Here is a tighter version of my earlier submission
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dewy meadows
lark ascending
These were my first ever poems in my exploration of haiku. I’m not sure if this is the right place to post them but I could find no other links. Sorry if I’ve got it wrong
Thank you for this beautiful prompt,Chèvrefeuille! I am not often here but I am so glad I sneaked a peak today...spring is so slow in visiting us here. Writing it felt like "coming home".
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