for Bōshu (Jun 6- 20)
wet trillium bloom
beneath a bowed head– there!
even mantis prays
carrying lanterns
we climb temple stairs
—fireflies
saran wrapped riceballs
how do yellow plums
become this red prize?
*Here is a link that details The Dewdrop’s, year of kō
project. Even if you don’t enter poems you can play along.
Shout out to Trent Tankyo Thomson, who did a lot of
work putting the year of kō project together.
https://thedewdrop.org/a-year-of-ko/
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I’ll check this out https://thedewdrop.org/a-year-of-ko/
I like the short lines, each image is crisp.
Love how you use: “– there! to direct.
Exquisite: “carrying lanterns/we climb temple stairs/—fireflies”
Thank-you Pam.
Thebqorl.tent putbintonthw calender and recieveng,selecting and all that goes into the editing……. ive only met him via email ..but, I .so absolutely impresses by the project. Any way short commercial break and thw journal.itself is kind of incredible.anyway…..and no this is not a paid ad…lol…im just impressed by their whole.journal.
I love this concept of mono no aware mentioned in the link and can see it here too. Seconding Pam, I loved the surprise of “there!/even mantis prays”
Thank yo U Shaun.
Im really trying to getbtonanother level with these thisnyear…. and thisnproject is a nice way to focus
I like the descriptions here, especially the “even mantis prays” line.
Thank you L. 😀
Second or third to favor “carrying lanterns…” it’s beautiful and so succinct. I’ll have to read up on the form. Thanks for the education.
Brymer!! Thank you.
We do june when we get to junein! Whew … its almost over.
saran wrap
Thank you laverneI liked that one ……lol…..I like the way it stains the rice….fun to put humor in thwm once in a while
The images here are, like Pam said, crisp. I just love this:
“carrying lanterns
we climb temple stairs
—fireflies”
An absolute dream. Beautiful write!
Yeah …..that one i need to qritw aome prose for, for sure.
I had to look up Boshu,,. Lovely.
Stanza 2 is mindblowingly beautiful.
OK its official…..I absolutely have to get a haibun for that one.
Coleman – love your experimentation this year! These short forms are so exciting – the brevity trains us in choice, but the results open such generous avenues of vision.
Nice observation Sylvia about the brevity. And I think of it as training too. Its kind of like thw 10 thousand hours thing. It os amazing what happens
I like what you’ve done here, Coleman!
Thank you John. That means a lot !
Coleman, love the gorgeous imagery, and your careful word choice–how the repeated sounds bring it alive.
Thank you Karen 😀
“even mantis prays “
Roberta 😀 yes ✨️