Another week has gone by. Today's prompt from Haiku Heights is pine. I was inspired by a haibun by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) titled "The Narrow Road to the Deep North". In this haibun somewhere he writes about the twin pine and is anxious to see it, but the twin pine is cut and used for a bridge. Basho's "Narrow Road" is a classical piece of literature and for sure worth reading. Click on the above link and you can read the whole version of his "Narrow Road".
anxious to see
the twin pine of the stories
once told
once told
a tale on pine trees
bonsai like
bonsai like
the islands of Matsushima
covered with pines
covered with pines
but the wondrous twin pine
I have never seen
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| Credits: pine tree bonzai |
17 comments:
mooie legende in haiku!
goed weekend Kristjaan!
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impatient de voir
les deux pins jumeaux des histoires
racontées une fois
racontées une fois
une conte de pins
semblables aux bonsaïs
des bonsaïs comme
les îles de Matsushima
couvertes de pins
couvertes de pins
mais les merveilleux pins jumeaux
je ne les ai jamais vus
very nice one :)
Good one..loved it..RS:)
Enjoyed those - especially the last part. Sometimes it is the journey, not the success.
Ur haiku painted a picture for me! :)
Very nice...
Haven of solitude amongst rising thoughts
The photo blows my mind....I love it...Your haiku had me feeling sad and optimistic at the same time.....As usual, wonderful job...
i loved the tale you tell here through haiku..endearing:)
You seem to like and do well the cascading haiku ~ thanks, namaste, ^_^
Lovely set ~ It makes me want to see the pine trees ~
Great cascades Kris! Pines tend to have that special aura upon reading yours!
Hank
A gentle, thoughtful yearning in these beautiful haiku!
A beautiful story of the pine, Kris. Thank you for the link to Basho's haibun on the twin pine. I've not read it before and look forward to reading it again and again.
Twin pine....Even I wanna see it...Beautiful haiku!
Heart turned stone
There's something mysterious about this. Nice.
Nice cascading haiku!
In your heart, I think, you HAVE seen the twin pine!
A Pining Peach
Lovely ...
Forest Cathedral
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