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Haiku (From Seasons Of The Fleeting World) N.2 Comments
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thick fog -
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so glad you like both: my haiku and the image I chose for the cover. Thank you, Minnie!
out of nowhere = even orientation is completely lost in the tick fog so short but with a great meaning.It's a 10
You know, this little haiku made me think two very different things - Firstly, I sort of felt that this is about a psychological condition - the fog symbolising some mental distress, followed by the call of a bell, a kind of a hopeful thought out of the depths of misery.... A person who has lost everything suddenly finds hope out of nowhere? And the second one, I believe a more literal one, is that this haiku is perhaps showing us the 'precise' moment when autumn ends and winter begins... I really love these haiku.. There's so much said in so little space. Thanks Fabrizio.
indeed, haiku poetry require a synthesis of thought & images to paint scenes from nature, and to provide the readers with the minimal ingredients for their own meditation. Then, the 'magic' of haiku is also its ambiguity. It is commonly said that haiku poetry doesn't use metaphors - it is right when we think of 'open/plain' metaphors. On the contrary, Basho's haiku is higly metaphoric, although he used simple words, related to the aspects of Nature, and also references to ancient poetry/literature, historical events, places, temples, ... So you see: I like your comment very much, because it shows that you have got the double aspect of the image and symbolism 'painted' by my words. Of course, each and every reader would get his/her own 'image' and symbolism in mind, since it is up to the reader to interpret a haiku. But the important point is that, through the ''said/unsaid'' and juxtaposition between the 2 different images/concepts I've used, my haiku has reached its aim: to make use of 'ma' (awareness of time and space/creative imagination) and 'yugen' (depth and mystery) aesthetic principle, so that the reader can gain a deep intuitive understanding of the poem. As Daniel says: 'EXCELSIOR'! ;)
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7/28/2025 1:34:36 PM # 1.0.0
Thick fog cant hide the sound! Happy New Year FF....keep doing great and better this year!
thank you, dear Soul, to you too. Best!