Thursday, June 20, 2013

Carpe Diem Haiku Hototogisu




Hototogisu
Cry after cry unanswered
Like the brook’s murmur

Hototogisu
Too busy to watch the sky
Flies from nest to nest


Hototogisu
Calls through the forest
Soon to be milled



7 comments:

  1. Good day Lothar, nice to see you here again. What a wonderful series on Hototogisu. The first haiku is my favorite and a masterpiece. Awesome imagery caught sounds and images.

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  2. I'm not sure which I feel sorrier for: the cuckoo or the forest!

    Wayward Cuckoo

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  3. the diminishing forest will greatly affect the cuckoo's world....

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  4. Hahaha.. the dark humor in the second one is amazing... wonder why they didn't look up

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  5. Thanks for the comments! Not only the cuckoo, we also loose forest after forest. The cuckoo doesn't have the time to look up as long as the bird is looking for foster parents.

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  6. Love the second one.. so full of beauty but still not (poor birds he visits)

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