Carpe Diem #1406 Meadow (one-bun)

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new week full of haibun ... today I haveanother nice theme for you to create a haibun with. Today I love to challenge you again to create a so called "one-bun". The "one-bun" is an invention of Jim Kacian and the goal is to create a haibun that has just one line. That means, the title of your haibun, the story and the haiku are together one line ... that's why this haibun form is called "one-bun". I will give you first an example of a "one-bun" created by myself:

Honeysuckle

shares its sweet perfume as this summer day runs to an end, while I enjoy the coolness and the warmth of her naked body next to mine ...

hot summer day the sweet scent of Honeysuckle and the one I love

© Chèvrefeuille

Meadow

So your task is to create a "one-bun" themed meadow. Enjoy this challenge ...

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7:00 PM (CEST) and will remain open until April 15th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new episode, opportunity, later on.

Carpe Diem Special #3

SPECIAL #3

Howdy my dear haijin, visitors and travelers,

A new Special today. The haiku by Basho he has written in the Summer of 1685. He was an well respected haiku master now and had several students. It's in this time (the last ten years of his life) that he travels a lot. His haibun 'Oku no Hosomichi' is one of his most known haibun. However the haiku for today isn't part of that haibun.
Basho's legacy of haiku are mostly haiku he used in Renga sessions. A Renga was a chain of poems and was written with more than two poets. Renga was a game that was played often at the Imperial Court. Basho was the haiku master that brought this game to the people and made it a joyful activity.

Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

Well ... so far a little background on Basho. Let's look at today's haiku.

a butterfly flies
only in the field
of sunshine

It's a nice haiku and I can see the scene in front of my eyes. A meadow bathing in the sun, full of blooming flowers, the sound of a summer breeze and the dancing butterflies. A sereen scene ... almost meditative. How to write a haiku on this one ... with the same feeling?

sunlit meadow
butterflies dancing together
from flower to flower

Another one:

dancing butterflies
the scent of a sunlit meadow
ah! the summer breeze

Well ... I think I have caught the essence of Basho's haiku. It was really a joy to compose these two haiku with the one of Basho for an inspiration.

This Special will stay on 'till October 19th 11.59 AM (CET). Our new prompt for October 19th will be religion and will be published today around 10.00 PM (CET).

Enjoy writing haiku, be inspired ... see you tomorrow.