Tim Lang's variation on Basho's haiku "Last day of the month..." (1684)
Last day of the month, no moon -- a storm hugs the cedars of a thousand
years. (1684)
stormy month of darkness
moonless times -
ancient cedars know
NOTE: it is very likely February 1684 was one of the rare months without a full moon. This
Basho link is of interest in this regard:
spring forget-me-nots
by fall -
forgotten
all the rules
of our nature -
the sun sets
On the Great Ku Path
the kihaku samuria (word warrior) -
None are safe
California
an Atlantis -
in waiting
Angèle Lux Val-des-Monts
(Québec)
Hiroshima
Hiroshima day -
a few paper birds in
my garden pond
jour d'Hiroshima -
quelques oiseaux de papier
dans mon jardin d'eau
digging a pond
the veteran stares at
the deep hole
creusement d'un étang
le vétéran regarde fixement
le grand trou
with a kick
I decapitate a Death Angel *
6th of August
d'un coup de pied
j'étête l'Ange de la mort
6 août
* The Death Angel or Destroying Angel is the commun name of the amanita virosa, a deadly mushroom. L'Ange de la mort est le nom commun de l'amanite vireuse, un champignon mortel.
* CBC TV news (Canada) just reported today that a beautiful black piano almost at the hypocentre of the Hiroshima blast survived with barely a scratch. There was a young Japanese woman playing a bit of Chopin on it on the news.
