Mar
March 1st-
all the farm shop lambs
mad as hatters!
March 1st is officially the start of meteorological spring and Alice's March Hare features (ironically) in this ku. More about this turn of the big wheel, here...
. . . eeeeeeeeeeeeeeha! ◠‿◠
1
flying eyes-
a flock of nesting crows
split
M U S I C A L U D E
2
in the speed of light-
a gang of spring sparrows
swerve down an alley
info 2
higgledy-piggledy,
the butterfly meadow seeds. . .
spring breeze
There's a self-portrait of the photographer in my pal's right eye ◠‿◠
People are increasingly afraid. The modern world has broken their spirits. They want lyrical ku. They want word art They want to huddle in mediocrity's narcotic womb. There's no censorship here (other than offensive or supercilious comments deemed redundant - even Tricky Ricky is, more or less, intact; God bless 'im). If you behave yourself you will not get blocked. Simple. If responders don't know how to conduct civilized discourse, or cannot (as result of compulsive verbal flatulence), they will be restricted from posting. People are fast because they are afraid. Way to enjoy ku is the way of slowness. Speed kills. We hold these truths to be self-evident. I rest my camera bag. - jp
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old pond
a frog jumps in
the sound
Basho
(redacted by jp)
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lilies blooming!
giving his all to his song
the skylark
Issa, 1810
Haiku Before Haiku: From the Renga Masters to Basho
by Steven D. Carter
One pilfered some wild bulbs a dog had dug up, is all - honest ◠‿◠
/
planted in time
three snowdrop bulbs-
by the window
D E S I G N L U D E
6
Bamboo Basket, 20th Century, Japan
In Japan, utilitarian baskets became a form of artistic expression when the Japanese copied 9th-century Chinese baskets, being greatly influenced by Chinese art and crafts during this period.
Today there are fewer than 100 living bamboo artists remain in all of Japan as it takes a decade to apprentice with a master and decades still to establish one’s own style and voice. Today’s artists are not really considered until they are in their 50s or 60s.
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6
on a spring breeze,
tumbling autumn leaves-
bring on the clowns!
6
spring stars-
what do sleepless crows
contemplate?
7
spring textiles-
the house spiders are busy
at their looms
7
spring rain-
runs well
on water!
8
spider zoo?
spring's call of the wild
from all corners!
TIP "Always brush olive oil liberally inside and out of your chicken before and a couple of times during cooking your bird. (Unless you like it dry for enhanced gravy absorption.) Then, be sure to let it 'rest' (covered - to maintain heat) for 20 minutes or so (while you do the stuffing separately)." - jp
8
ordinary
clear-water days-
ah, spring!
TIP: "A plastic bag over your wellies (gum boots) keeps spiders out." - jp
8
feet
are the best zoom lens you can get-
March hills
TIP "Haiku walking (ginko), with a digital camera for luck, is the way to go." - jp
M U S I C A L U D E
10
in their thin jungle
the little spring troubadours-
wizards of whizz!
S U N D A Y S U P P L E M E N T
(Gyotaku Lesson Plan)
also 10
sowing herbs--
the smell of fish cooking
a little past noon
the fish in the tub
won't know tomorrow...
evening cool
Issa
11
eye fat
industrial daffodils
choking the compass
of Eden
11
pea-souper. . .
suddenly Lent lilies
in a ghost's garden
Sometimes, albeit perversely, one panders to populist lyricism. ◠‿◠
L1 references a thick fog (English colloquialism). L2 "Sometimes called 'Lent lilies', true wild daffodils have disappeared from many areas through over collection by gardeners. Drainage schemes have added to their decline."
http://www.uksafari.com/daffodils.htm
Despite the associated pic, this experience occurred on night haiku walk (ginko), having wandered inadvertently into a stranger's garden. lol
There's no crime in cueing lyrical visions. However, I tend to do 'look at this and see' ku. Rather than setting up a pastoral delight, one invites the reader to DIY. One appreciates that the latter is more demanding than the former. Most times a lyrical ku is posted there is a popular response, it must be said. Another thing is that anything associated with edgy satire is anathema unless sugared with mitigating artificial sweeteners. And so we conclude that it's showbiz. This being an online ku diary is the point. One's priority is to balance personal integrity with public consumption; but, not at any cost.
jp
12
listen. . .
through an overgrown field gate
green shoots
I chose an injunction originally ("listen"), rather than a participation ("listening"), in order to invite the reader to share the experience that I had just had. A less objective way would be to add an 'ing' for a lyrical engagement :
listening. . .
through an overgrown field gate
green shoots
Basho would have preferred the 'ing' probably...and yet...
jp
12
spring birdsong,
far beyond the sound of. . .
a gate's horizon
13
March ice –
walking the dog
with my name
M U S I C A L U D E
lambing 13
"The ewe is gritting her teeth and lifting her head into the air."
/
stargazing?
no, she's not a woolgather-
three spring lambs!
M O V I E L U D E
13
snowpacolypse
all she did was say no
with my head
Scarface
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let it snow
let it sno
let it s
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