Carpe Diem Haiku – Shiki’s ”a basket of grass”

Shiko:s wonderful haiku

kusakago wo oite hitonashi haru no yama

a basket of grass,
and no one there, –
mountains of spring

to revise it proved impossible. I wrote on inspired instead.


when moss grows
on rusty machinery –
forest wins

Linked to Carpe Diem

January 3, 2013

19 responses to “Carpe Diem Haiku – Shiki’s ”a basket of grass”

  1. Awesome Bjorn … you’ve struggled with this challenge I understood from your comment … but your struggle has given us a wonderful haiku.
    I love to use this one in one of our upcoming Tan Renga Challenges …

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