an autumn leaf (tan renga)

Tournesol CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI, Tan Renga 2017-05-16 1 Minute

now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf © Ryokan Taigu

spilling a faint light
easing safer passage

©Tournesol’17/05/16

The “hokku” we had to use today at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, is Ryokan’s Jisei (death-poem):

ura wo mise omote wo misete chirua momiji

now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other—thus it falls,
an autumn leaf

Published by Tournesol

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Published 2017-05-16

7 thoughts on “an autumn leaf (tan renga)”

janicead says:

2017-05-16 at 19:51

Your completion leads to contemplation of the imagined scene.

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1. Tournesol says:
  
  2017-05-16 at 21:07
  
  Yes, it is a scene one would hope to see:)
  
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Rosemary Nissen-Wade says:

2017-05-16 at 22:56

A beautiful, peaceful conclusion, particuarly apt as it was his jisei.

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1. Tournesol says:
  
  2017-05-17 at 04:32
  
  Thank you…I was thinking if it was my jisei, I would have those two lines
  
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I write therefore I am alive. says:

2017-08-05 at 13:10

Love the autumn imagery 😊

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1. Tournesol says:
  
  2017-08-05 at 20:44
  
  Thanks so much, one of my favourite seasons due to the rich colours.
  
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  1. I write therefore I am alive. says:
    
    2017-08-05 at 20:51
    
    Mine too😊
    
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