summer breeze fusion haiku

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Carpe Diem Crossroads #13 presents two wonderful haiku by Matsuo Basho, Japanese haiku poet (1644-1694) which we are to contemplate and then create a new ‘fusion’ haiku. There is a second part of the challenge that I will feature in my Sunday morning post.

BASHŌ’S HAIKU (translated by Jane Reichhold)

chilly coolness

my feet on the wall

for a midday nap

~

the colour of wind

planted artlessly

in a garden of reeds

~

MY FUSION HAIKU

a cool summer breeze

scent of an afternoon nap

in a Zen garden

~

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Published by Janice

My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

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