Jun
MOON FACTS
http://tinyurl.com/handyhaikucalendar
MOON PAGE
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NOTE The current moon is still Milk Moon (my choice from last last month). This reaches its fullness on Monday, June 4. Then slims out to zero over the next couple of weeks. However, the titular moon for June as a calendar month per se is (one choice of several) is Flower Moon (apt enough), or Moon of Flowers (which reads nicer). What to do? Well, I'm going for the June moon choice (to avoid confusion). According to one source, this month is 'the season of the unicorn'. Cool. As always, I will drop the 'The' prefix until the actual fullness of this particular nominal moon. Useful device (invented by me) which allows use our chosen title to designate *whole lunation period* for haiku porpoises.
MORE
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still Moon of Milk-
are you aware of this
Buttercup?
:)
. . .
Turned this up by accident. . . .
I regularly doodle on my iPad using the simple "Zen Brush"
drawing application. I've named these "ink haikus." Some
people seem to enjoy them, so thought I'd set up this page
dedicated to my finger painting. — Nat Scrimshaw
. . .
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our nest is here!
Mr Swallow shows, look!
here! not there!!!
NOTE
The male porch swallow actually tried to pretend that the pair's nest was up in the eaves of the house. Twice. It fooled me
into thinking I had two nests on site.However, through binoculars and telephoto equipment,followed by a perilous hanging
out of a bedroom window, it was clearly established to have been a *swallow ruse*. Never seen this behaviour before. My
porch swallows are really on the ball this year. And this is only the first clutch of eggs. They might go for THREE clutches !
^_^
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Queen's Diamond Jubilee-
out of the sky, raindrops
so many
CUTE ->
. . .
I N N E R L U D E
The way things used to be (at least in The Land of Snap, aka: Snapland). One of the
comments says that 1950s period was "the peak of human sanity". I guess it was all
catharsised after WW2. A sense of relief and social unity in the grace of peace. Also,
being poor kept the national mind focused. At least until the 1960s happened.
Rupert Bear still does it for me And haiku (done properly). . .
Haiga based on experience with a frog jumping into my kitchen through an ajar external
door -- out the rain storm. It was quite merry dance gently catching this robust little fellow
and popping him back out in the wilds to continue his adventure.
TECH NOTE: This musical haiga was compiled using Windows Movie Maker and the
image artwork using Photoscape.
out of the rain
a frog jumps in
merry dance
BACKSTORY A woman in America has a dog which is freaked out by lightning. I am sending an antique cassette of mine called Thunderstorm (part of which soundtracks this musical haiga called Storm Frog). The idea is that she will play this to the dog in a safe and reassuring environment and, hopefully, over time a new Pavlovian reflex will overcome her companion's problem. Fingers crossed . . .3
about 3500 miles away
a dog is scared
of lightning
NOTE
Let's push the envelop a bit and explore the tanka
option of this unfolding documentary . . . . . . . .
out of the rain
a frog jumps in
merry dance
about 3500 miles away a dog
scared of lightning
4
"Arnold Schwarzenegger has big one, Michael J. Fox has a small one,
Cher and Madonna don't have one, and the Pope has one but doesn't
use it." - anon
/
The Milk Moon,
or The Flower Moon?
lichen on a rock
It's the full of the moon tonight and so, to honour last month's overlapping
lunation period I thought to settle on The Milk Moon. Then, revert back to
the month of June's selected generic moon title (Flower Moon). This is all
complete lunacy, of course.
^_^
4
"I was taking them all to task for biblical abuse .
They will have learned something, hopefully. By the
way,that imagination question is quite an important
consideration and not what it might seem to be on
the reflective surface. Without visualisation where
would we all be? Probably still in a puddle!" — jp
/
The Milk Moon,
all cows fast asleep
except Daisy
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Crossroader Sasa (Robert's twin) sourced this interesting interview that scientist Nikola Tesla
gave for magazine "Immortality" in his laboratory in Colorado Springs (1899)
DATA RATING: Excellent ( ) not bad (✓) could do better ( ) don’t call us, we’ll call you ( )
On a first reading this stood out. . . .
"JOURNALIST: What is the third condition of adjustment, Mr. Tesla?
TESLA: Guidance for all the vital and spiritual energies in labor. Therefore purification of
the many effects and needs that man has."
In other words: When we do something the information we need to perfect our task is in the
activity, providing we are sincere (actually, the more advanced form of sincerity which is
makato is required, ideally) until completion. This may take seconds, or years, or lifetimes,
even.
makoto - sound of water
ONITSURA’S MAKOTO AND THE DAOIST CONCEPT OF THE NATURAL Peipei Qiu Asian
Studies Program, Vassar College In haikai history, Uejima Onitsura (1661–1738) famous for
the following statement concerning nature of comic linked verse: ‘‘Without makoto , there
would be no haikai.’’
I will make this my meditation for today for sure and share the link over at Haiku Crossroads,
geodesic_eye and sound of water. Have been meaning to catch up on this Tesla character
for long time. Will take this as a wake up call and, as always, get some rough backstory from
good old Wikipedia.
silently
a noisy butterfly
scribbles
7
"Avoid targeting strong beliefs: strong attitudes and beliefs are
very difficult to change. Do not directly approach long-standing
ideas to which people are committed, they will resist and reject.
Strong beliefs must be approached indirectly." - Adam Dachis
/
restaurateur
of the garden bird café -
next door's cat !
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
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Haiga (visual haiku) FB group for enthusiasts of visual ku
otherwise known as haiga. The haiga is simply a small evocative
poem with 2D artwork, or a photograph. Share your haiga!
I N N E R L U D E
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a crow lookout
spots the farmer
many shadows
The Art of War (chess vs go & haiku)
Excellent (✓) not bad (✓) could do better ( )
don’t call us, we’ll call you ( )
8
under the hood ,
quench thine thirst
Madam Butterfly
8
not a single daisy
is open for business
under the rainbow
9
Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi is a Latin phrase, literally means:
"What is legitimate for Jove (Jupiter),is not legitimate for oxen."
- Wikipedia
pride's not power,
think about it-
young crows
9
No worries, but the art and magic of haiku is to allow the picture
to tell the story -- otherwise, why bother to try for a haiku? May
as well simply write a short descriptive passage and sledgehammer
one's opinion on the reader's head.
/
dreams and stories-
attentive young crows
take it all in
10
here they come,
the wobbling fashionistas-
next door's Barbie
10
the battered cod,
is Vietnamese River Catfish—
in a burkini
Burkini: The suit covers the whole body
except the face, hands and feet (enough
to preserve Muslim modesty), whilst being
light enough to enable swimming .
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The porch swallows have ske·dad·dled. This was the most businesslike
production of a batch new swallows we have EVER witnessed. it makes
one dizzy just to recall the last few weeks. At first thought they'd
been STOLEN. But then, upon checking the date,it was calculated that
the whole lot of them (two parents & five young) had simply hatched,
fledged and then skedaddled.
nesting swallows,
how we miss your chastisement-
clean steps
I've saved couple of small mottled eggshells as keepsakes. Man, it's
so SILENT now they're gone.
:(
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