July 10, 2014
.coronapumpkinfarm.com Bee on Cantaloupe Blossom
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The prompt:
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Today our second haiku by Yosa Buson. Buson
was a haiku-poet and he also created wonderful haiga as a painter
… so he was really an artist.
Buson had the honor to illustrate the first paper publication
Buson had the honor to illustrate the first paper publication
of Basho’s ”Narrow Road to the Deep North” (Oku No Hosomichi),
the most famous haibun ever written.
Buson however wrote wonderful haiku too.
In an earlier post at CDHK we had haiku about ”melon-flowers”
and the haiku by Buson which I love to share here is also on ”melons”.
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adabana wa ame ni utarete uri batake
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fruitless blossoms
are beaten by the rain
in the melon fields
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© Buson (Tr. by Thomas McAuley)
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A beautiful haiku I think …
well I hope it will inspire you to write haiku.
Here is my attempt to write a haiku in the spirit of Buson.
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every where I look
the yellow flowers of melons
after a sunny day
© Chèvrefeuille
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My response to the prompt:
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cantaloupe blossom
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long dry summer days and nights
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thirsty for rain
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