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Renga: Sensei’s Shodo – Day Twenty-Seven
(linked senryu)
1
winter gathers clouds
the stove stoked in glowing coals
tumults swiftly rise
2
bare branches shudder
hearing sounds of poet’s words
parting lips awake
3
bough resists the storm
how skilled the sensei’s shodo
smiling tastes his lines
4
night spreads in thunder
brush’s stroke, wet on rice sheets
borne like bent hips’ curve
5
rain flows in torrents
the bedroom door stands open
heat that melts in pools
6
floods from mountain peak
midnight bed resumes its rest
dreams that come like moon
Words: 87
Unique Words: 75
#NaPoWriMo2019
NaPoGloPoWriMo2019
(sensei = teacher, master
shodo = a Japanese calligraphy brush)
1
winter gathers clouds
the stove stoked in glowing coals
tumults swiftly rise
2
bare branches shudder
hearing sounds of poet’s words
parting lips awake
3
bough resists the storm
how skilled the sensei’s shodo
smiling tastes his lines
4
night spreads in thunder
brush’s stroke, wet on rice sheets
borne like bent hips’ curve
5
rain flows in torrents
the bedroom door stands open
heat that melts in pools
6
floods from mountain peak
midnight bed resumes its rest
dreams that come like moon
Words: 87
Unique Words: 75
#NaPoWriMo2019
NaPoGloPoWriMo2019
(sensei = teacher, master
shodo = a Japanese calligraphy brush)
Published 27th Apr 2019
| Edited 28th Apr 2019
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O tomcat, you’ve done this Sensei proud - I love what you’ve done!
And you know what they say...
The best things come in 3’s!😙
🐾💌
And you know what they say...
The best things come in 3’s!😙
🐾💌
28th Apr 2019 1:49pm
And who said you couldn't put haiku (senryu) in the NaPo - you just had to have a sifu/sensei to show the true nature of short form poetry.
*bowing, offering the scroll on palms upward*
"mistress - it's full of surprises!"
tommy
*bowing, offering the scroll on palms upward*
"mistress - it's full of surprises!"
tommy
27th Apr 2019 11:11pm
A gorgeous expression of the journey you two have shared all this time. Full of meaning.
28th Apr 2019 1:52pm
I literally could not have done this without Jade - she showed me the calm restrained power of the nature of Japanese short form poetry - and the hows and whys of structure and content.
I am her willing student - I bow to my sensei.
geoff
I am her willing student - I bow to my sensei.
geoff
