16 responses to “Carpe Diem Haiku – The Fool”

1. perhaps the king can only trust a fool — really liked these two!

   • Thank you… I think that is the real purpose of the jester. Isn’t like that in King Lear?

     • you know – I could never read Shakespeare, I just couldn’t handle the Old English — one of the reasons I admire you writing in English.

2. Heh heh…very good!

3. Unless this fool is also cunning, he may get into lots of hot water with the king! 🙂Fool

4. Have no idea if Tarot Fool is comparable to jester, but I like where you took it!

5. The Fool … has all wisdom and so in his role as a jester he can provide the king with words the king needs.

6. Plenty of wisdom in your foolish words methinks Bjorn 🙂

7. Yes, this is one of the purposes of the fool/jester–to be able to say anything and so to offer wisdom to the king without the king losing face for taking counsel.

8. In my reader I saw only the first haiku. At opening this post I realised the second haiku says what I was going to comment on: ‘only a fool KNOWS that he is smarter than the king’. Looking back at a few kings and queens in the world’s history this is very probable.

   • Interesting … the first was the last I wrote, but I think this order made more sense.

9. Truth tellers are rare in our world…

   Old Fool

10. Sometimes being a fool is a win-win.

11. I loved it … a story of a fool perfectly told 😀

12. The fool and the king…
    They are just one coin.
    The wise fool is like a mirror for the king.

13. Yes, it’s a true art to oppose the king, yet staying true to oneself not letting being fooled. Cleverly penned! 🙂

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.