Posts Tagged ‘ dandelion ’
Marie Viljoen
Once considered a nuisance, more and more “weeds” are making their way into the kitchen and onto the menus of high-end restaurants Farmers and gardeners are giving up fighting many of the invasive plants they once considered “weeds,” and selling them to chefs, CSAs and health food stores, making better […]
たんぽぽは地の糧詩人は不遇でよし 寺山修司
tampopo wa chi no kate shijin wa fugû de yoshi
dandelion is the earth’s food…
it is OK if a poet is
ill-fated
Shuji Terayama
translated by Fay Aoyagi
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Shuji Terayama (1935-1983)
Source: Today’s Haiku (April 26, 2018) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
top view (wikimedia commons photo)
finding its way back
sure as the sun
a dandelion
Hokku Inn
From original poem on the left to the finished poem on the right —
bee asleep October cold;
on a dandelion The bee on the dandelion
October cold Does not move.
Hokku Inn post explains the transformation of this haiku to a hokku.
word pond 