Written for: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #116 Renga With … waiting for the full moon
“This weekend I love to challenge you to create a renga with the so called “big five” (Basho, Issa, Buson, Chiyo-Ni and Shiki). And, how immodest, one of my own haiku.
Here are the six haiku to work with:”
the autumn wind:
thickets and fields also,
Fuha Barrier © Basho
leaves fall, fields become barren
break barrier for Winter © Sara McNulty
a dandelion
now and then interrupting
the butterfly’s dream © Chiyo-Ni
wispy puffs alight tickling
butterfly out of reverie © Sara McNulty
the thunderstorm having cleared up
the evening sun shines on a tree
where a cicada is chirping © Shiki
in the sky a rainbow forms
sweet promise of a new day © Sara McNulty
simply trust:
do not also the petals flutter down,
just like that? © Issa
bereft of tree’s petals
the ground catches a new look © Sara McNulty
in nooks and corners
cold remains:
flowers of the plum © Buson
heartiness helps the flowers
bloom anew in next season © Sara McNulty
ancient warriors ghosts
mists over the foreign highlands –
waiting for the full moon © Chèvrefeuille
under moon’s light the warriors
come out of mist to re-charge © Sara McNulty
