The challenge for Carpe Diem’s Renga with Basho #9 Mark on the Wall is to create a renga (or chain of verses) by following each provided haiku by Bashō (here in blue italics – tr. Jane Reichhold) with two lines. A “closed chain” is attained when the hokku (starting verse) and ageku (closing verse) connect in a way to make “the circle” complete.
path of the sun
the hollyhock leans into
early summer rain
discovering new beauty
garden holds many secrets
don’t be like me
even though we’re like the melon
split in two
each of us with our own path
in search of new directions
wait awhile
cut the soy beans to the sound
of monks beating bowls
your true path will become clear
patience holding the answer
building a bridge
between snow-covered mountains
white egrets
their flight bridging the divide
that has separated us
plovers fly away
the evening grows later with
cold mountain winds
leaving traces of their path
erased by the shifting sand
summer rain
where the poem card peeled off
a mark on the wall
intersection of our paths
found on an outdated map
Images
Museum of Fine Arts Boston – Plovers and Waves, by Ohara Koson
Harvard Art Museums – three whites, by Katsushika Hokusai
Wikimedia Commons – plover tracks
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Beautiful – love your closing (also Basho’s egret bridge between mountains) – seeing bridge as part of path – seeing human egos as mountains – seeing two paths intersecting, crossing bridge nrvominh one path
Thanks for stirring my imagination!
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Oops – that was supposed to be “becoming” one path … imagination seems to have interfered with keyboarding accuracy.
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Imagination… It does have a mind of its own! 😉
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Thank you. Yes, egos as mountains!
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Maps and footprints.
Just watched one of those exploration shows about a Metal Library
https://www.ancient-code.com/the-mysterious-cueva-de-los-tayos-home-to-a-lost-ancient-metallic-library/
The guy Josh actually went into the gave with the daughter of the guy who made the map.
The one arch though up close looks like it could very much be natural.
But they were able to go beyond the map… they didn’t find the Metal Library.
But they were able to see things that were never seen by the human eye before.
https://article.wn.com/view/2018/01/31/Josh_Gates_investigates_Tayos_Cave_and_the_Metal_Library_on_/
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I especially loved how you ended it. The outdated map still tells the truth.
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Thank you.
Yes, it does. A testimonial.
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More birds…(K)
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Their persistence pays off!
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Such beautiful pictures – and they go so well with these words.
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Thanks! Finding the art is half the fun.
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like a beautiful dance between two writers, excellence my friend.
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Thank you, Kim.
That’s the fun of it.
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i applaud you …. what a nicely crafted renga you made together with Basho.
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Thank you.
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