pink cherry weeping
orchard scarred by violence
damaged fruits of war
pear tree in full bloom on a battlefield
collapsed house becomes beautiful again
Masaoka Shiki
There’s a twist in Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (8) pear tree in bloom, in that a haiku by Masaoka Shiki has been converted by Kristjaan into two lines to form the response, and we are asked to create the hokku to precede it. My hokku (haiku) appears in blue.
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Bird and Weeping Cherry, by Utagawa Hiroshige
It strikes me, and I remember, what date it is today, and was, seventeen years ago. Your poem (and Masaoka) remind me that every year flowers grow, as they always have, always do.
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Thank you, Danial. In times of brutal ugliness, we must not turn our backs on beauty.
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Wow what a wonderful first stanza you have crafted for this Tan Renga. I wasn’t aware by the way that my choice of this episode fits what happened on 9/11 2001
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It did work out that way. Thank you, Kristjaan.
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Love your line, “pink cherry weeping”.
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Thank you, Lynn.
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I love the contrast of the ‘pink cherry weeping’ and the pear tree in full bloom’ and the scarred orchard and the regained beauty of the collapsed house. You’ve captured the essence of 9/11, Ken.
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Thank you, Kim. I wanted to make the connection without being overly obvious – something that haiku is so beautifully able to do.
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Ah, such the calming and peace but only after the War. Marvelous poem, rivrvlogr. (@–>–)
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Thank you.
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