Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #53 Renga With Basho #10 “summer’s night”
summer’s night
the tree spirit follows in
the sound of wooden shoes
moonlight travels across the pond
softly kissing the ripples
a bamboo shoot
when I was a child it was
fun to sketch
words mingling with ink
with time journal growing fat
rice paddy sparrows
shelter in the tea plants
when chased away
hiding briefly like my muse
only coaxed with silent wait
clapping my hands
the echo as it dawns
of a summer moon
brightness of the distant stars
becoming a bold chorus
day after day
barley ripens
a singing skylark
lying in the tall grass
lazily watching the clouds
begonia flowers
blooming in the colors
of a watermelon
caressed with summers warmth
hard to capture on my page
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold, taken from “Basho, the complete haiku”)
I especially like
“brightness of the distant stars / becoming a bold chorus”
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