come, firefly!
firefly, come!
drinking alone
– Kobayashi Issa
Translation by David G. Lanoue
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Day: September 25, 2022
Last Week’s #HaikuSeed Blossoms – Feature With Commentary / Week #37
The #HaikuSeed prompt last week was sunny with an additional photo prompt
sunny day–
the heron takes a bit
of river with him
Lafcadio
You could see water dripping down the heron as it lifts off from the water. And if you are mindful and there isn’t much noise at this moment, you might even hear the sound of water falling back into the river between the wing flaps.
Picture this with the sun behind the heron, likely at sunrise or sunset, the glare of the golden sun in the river, and then in the drops falling into it, a glint on the heron’s wet wings and legs – what an image!
Even after a bit of the river falls back, the heron’s legs and feathers would still be wet – the heron taking the river to the tree it nests in far inland. Wonderful imagery.
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