Yesterday morning I was commenting to my partner that if I were to write a haiku out of season it would be about summer in winter. I couldn’t do a winter haiku in summer I said. Yet, one hour later, I was looking at fusing two winter haiku…perhaps waiting at a courthouse in freezing air conditioning made it feel possible.
Here are the two winter haiku featured by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Crossroads #12 for creating new ‘fusion-haiku’. The author is Japanese poet, Ryokan (1758-1831).
river in winter
soaring over peaks
an eagle spots its prey
©Ryokan
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hedge branches
young birds are raised
morning snow
©Ryokan
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My new ‘fusion haiku’:
an eagle circles
sharp winds swirl river of snow
prey nest far below
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©️2018 Ontheland
Ontheland 
Another Excellent series of Awesomeness! 😎🥀
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I like your fusion. Once again you have inspired me to do this challenge.
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Thank you Suzanne 🙂 looking forward to your poem.
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It’s foggy here this morning so I wrote a haiku inspired by that Ryokan’s haiku. When I read Chevrefeuille’s prompt I decided my haiku didn’t fit with his guidelines so I’ll just put it here –
river in winter
shrouded in morning fog
– birds fall silent
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I can see an eagle Suzanne … I like this response from your Australian winter…for me it’s definitely in the generous fusion zone proposed by Chèvrefeuille…
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That air conditioning did the trick. Good job!
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Thank you 🙂
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Awesome fusion Janice.
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Thank you 🙂
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