Kasen
: Daisy State
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Daisy State
the clear pebbles of the rain
across the landscape 1
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eiko |
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almost audible....
the sap
rising in the ash tree
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sprite |
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a distant
truck
in sandy haze the child one
must be following
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doreen |
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a cup of lovely
tea
taken with lots of scones
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akiko |
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a willow leaf
stirs the mirrored light
harvest moon
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sprite |
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our chimney
cricket
begins his singing
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eiko |
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* * * *
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out of the
fog
same morning runner
this time not in shorts
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doreen |
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made in secret
her shell bracelet rustling
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akiko |
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skeins in
the rough sea
my posahunco2 has to be
red-purple
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sprite |
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a drop too
much
the first star looks blurred
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eiko |
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more so
with my eyes shut
granddad in the lounge
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doreen |
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"The
Da Vinci Code shaking
the foundation of the Vatican"
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akiko |
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alpine avalanche
a team with rescue dogs
search for survivors
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sprite |
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that rose
bush looks dead
under the frozen moon
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doreen |
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I see the
gateway:
the fifth dimensional world
unfolds
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eiko |
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Melanie's
Ivory Coast
kicks off on the sixteenth
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sprite |
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Ole! Ole!
each stadium transforms into
a people-flora
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akiko |
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high wind...
the Thames
as if in a tutu
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doreen |
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fluffed up
hawthorn
a blackbird busily checks
every inch of ground
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sprite |
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workers smile
picking tea-leaves
soft fragrance wafts
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eiko |
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singular spring
passing
it has taken
the youth along
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akiko |
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old rattlesnake
cafeteria hushed
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doreen |
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noontime boardwalk3
the beads of sweat slither
down my forehead
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sprite |
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a handkerchief prince
rushing to rendezvous
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eiko |
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their glances
meet:
the dawn mountain
totally pink
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doreen |
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the kings'
names remain
on the wall of ruins
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akiko |
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Emperor squints
at the chrysanthemum
on the war shrine
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eiko |
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fewer children
play conkers now4
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sprite |
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is moon flying
our Pluto on his orbit
demoted or not
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akiko |
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a kiss for
gran
while draughtproofing her window
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doreen |
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* * * *
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...who ages
well...
a Blur in blue shirt
or mighty Oasis
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eiko |
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'And the
band played on' 5
no longer a best-seller
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sprite |
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the cold microscope
produces a kaleidoscopic
movement
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akiko |
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before a breakfast
table
the serene horizon
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eiko |
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without thinking
I pick up
cherry blossoms
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doreen |
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girls linger
on the sun-warmed carpet
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akiko |
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Notes:
1 . The hokku is written in honkadoria to Mary Oliver's
poem Wild Geese, the text of which can be found online
via an internet search.
2 . Posahunco is a Spanish word meaning a wedding skirt,
the threads coloured from drops of dye taken from special living
sea-snails.
3 . Boardwalk: a walkway made of wooden boards; usually
at seaside resorts.
4 . Conker is the name used in Britain, Ireland and some
former British colonies for the nuts of the Common Horse-chestnut
tree, when used in a game traditionally played by children, Conkers.
To play, take it in turns to hit each other's conker using your
own.
5 . And the band played on is the title of a book about
the AIDS epidemic.
a . Honkadori
has been an historically respected method in tanka, in which you
base your tanka on a well-known tanka by a famous poet before
you. It should not be confused with plagiarism but is considered,
first, as homage to the earlier poet, second as a dialogue with
him/her, and third as a means to make the present richer and fuller.
Participants:
Akiko Sakaguchi (Japan)
Eiko Yachimoto (Japan) - lead poet
Doreen King (Britain)
Sprite (France)
Composed March 25 to September 21, 2006
This poem is dedicated to mieko (1948 - 2006), a brave and beautiful
sister of eiko yachimoto
Related articles
in this issue of Simply Haiku:
Tomegaki : Daisy State
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