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The space between words · Read, write and leave a haiku, season by season · ma-haiku.com
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@ma-haiku.bsky.social@ma-haiku.bsky.social → @ma-haiku.com枯野 · kareno, withered field. A winter season word. Grass and trees have withered through. One guide to season words sees the field hushed and bare, with sun, rain and wind passing over it, and waiting for the buds of spring. Bashō’s poem, word by word, below. #haiku #poetry #kareno #winter
Show Post秋の暮 · aki no kure, autumn dusk. An autumn season word. Its two old senses, an evening in autumn and the end of autumn, can sound together. In Sei Shōnagon’s Pillow Book, autumn is the evening, and the evening has its crows. Bashō’s poem, word by word, below. #haiku #poetry #akinokure #autumn
Show Post天の川 · ama no gawa, the Milky Way. An autumn season word. Early in the season the river of heaven stands highest and shines brightest. Bashō ends a poem on it: a rough sea, Sado, the river of heaven. A rough sea · Bashō → ma-haiku.com/masters/a-rough-sea-basho #haiku #poetry #amanogawa #autumn
Show Post月見 · tsukimi, moon-viewing. An autumn season word. Under the mid-autumn full moon, the harvest moon, people set out pampas grass and rice dumplings, and simply watch. One word, and the poem holds the whole night. The season word → ma-haiku.com/learn #haiku #poetry #tsukimi #autumn
Show PostIll on my journey — my dreams go wandering on over withered fields Matsuo Bashō, 1694 · English version by Ma, 5·7·5 Winter in Ma → ma-haiku.com/winter #haiku #poetry #basho #winter
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