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haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 20th July

haikaiTALKS: season words / seasonal reference | a saturday gathering_under the banyan tree


host: Lev Hart

20th July 2024

haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering_under the banyan tree


THE SEASONS: Summary


Over the last several weeks, we have seen how seasonal references deepen haiku. The seasons, because of their impact on human existence over the past 10,000 years, have accumulated countless meanings. Similarly, a kigo can evoke myriad emotions. Its range of potential emotions is narrowed by its context with the rest of the verse.


Conversely, the same verse without the kigo can appear mundane. Its meaningfulness is deepened by the kigo, distilling the season into the moment. The kigo is the macrocosm; and the rest of the verse, the microcosm. While the verse narrows the meaning of the kigo, the kigo deepens the meaning of the verse. The connection between the season and the moment creates a kind of harmony. The harmony of the images suggests the harmony in nature. Haiku evoke the feelings that we experience whenever we sense this natural harmony, from the lighthearted feelings of karumi to the mystery and awe of yugen.


Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to write two haiku about the season of your choice. You can choose kigo from one of the saijiki below, or you can make up your own. Use the kigo to represent the season and add a phrase that shows us the moment. By connecting the season with the moment, your images will evoke the feelings and meaning of the season, even if the poet makes no mention of herself, and even if no people are in the ku. The juxtaposition of nature images, all by themselves, is enough to evoke feelings and meanings. In the next few weeks, we’ll move on to take a deeper look at some of the concepts that we have glossed until now: karumi, yugen and wabi-sabi.


The 500 Essential Japanese Season Words:


indian subcontinent SAIJIKI:


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Your host for haikaiTALKS Lev Hart


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Please give your feedback on others' commentary and poems too. _()_

This is an exciting phase for haikaiTALKS! Have fun! Keep writing and commenting! _kala

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Kanjini Devi
Kanjini Devi
26 juil.

#2 - 27/07/24


winter grove

a rooster runs after me

and my dog


Kanjini Devi, NZ  

feedback welcome

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#1 25/07

Revision 1. Thank you very much Lev


lost treasure

crickets singing

of early frost


Fatma Zohra Habis/ Algeria


The Original


the whisper of early frost

silent night of

crickets singing


feedback welcome 🌹🥀

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Thank you very much Kanji 🌹 🥀

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Alfred Booth
Alfred Booth
25 juil.

#2

**

snowstorm

cat prints lead

to the hearth

**

[2024.25.7…a]

Alfred Booth

Lyon, France

(feedback welcome)

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Alfred Booth
Alfred Booth
27 juil.
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Thank you, Kanji. In the city I only had a long balcony, but Gao loved the snow.

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Kalyanee
Kalyanee
25 juil.

25.07.2024

#2

Revision. Thank you, Lev.


windy day

peeping through my window

an old song


Kalyanee Arandhara

Assam, India


Feedback most welcome


Original:

windy day

aah! this airy respite

in summer


Kalyanee Arandhara

Assam, India


Feedback most welcome

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Kalyanee
Kalyanee
26 juil.
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Thanks Lev.

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Padma Priya
25 juil.

#2

24-07-2024


oak moon—

your cold silence fills

the room


Padma Priya

India


feedback welcome


(oak moon is used as a winter kigo here)

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Padma Priya
26 juil.
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Thank you, Kanji.

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