This is the last haiku by Basho. It is now known as his “death poem” or Jisei.
ill on a journey
my dreams start to wander
across desiccated fields
© Matsuo Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)
It’s very common in classical times that poets wrote their death-poem, the last poem of their life.
Here is our host’s Jisei
my dreams wander
along the path of my life …
Honeysuckle blooms
Honeysuckle blooms
sharing her sweet perfume
I dream away
© Chèvrefeuille
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Today on my way to work I was shocked to see new blossoms in the thicket. Most of the flowers are dying except for sunflowers growing through the concrete in the street and tiny daisies among dead bushes. The bees were busy kissing every flower they could find today and one lone blue butterfly winked at me.
a bed of daisies
unusual blossoms
end of season
a bed of daisies
lie in wait
like poppies
unusual blossoms
caress my weary bones
butterfly kiss
end of season
contemplating
a late frost
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heart aglow
love still to spare –
liquid blues gaze,
purple veils magenta skies
fading sunset
(c) Tournesol’15
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You do the troiku so well, my friend. 🙂
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Thank you, Celestine, Like riding a bike…I fall off less often 😉
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What an amazing troiku … it’s a poetry form you are mastering more and more Cheryl Lynn. I hadn’t thought to read a “jisei”-troiku … nicely done. Chapeau!
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I really enjoy this form and never know when I start a haiku if it will develop into troiku…I go where my muse takes me. Thank you so much for your kind words, Kristjaan:)
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Beautiful! Jisei often reference flowers, especially cherry blossoms, it seems, I suppose because of their fleeting lives. I’ll have to do some studying of those troiku…
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Chèvrefeuille has given us two prompts for troiku in the past two weeks, maybe you could join us for fun:)
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I may just do that…thank you. 🙂
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Awesome, I look forward to reading them:)
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