Haibun Monday
38January 11, 2016 by petrujviljoen
Copyright Kanzen Sakura
Looking north, from the bottom tip of Africa, having to imagine such harsh, brutal weather, strangely familiar, somehow recognised, never seen. A virtual reality over a vast expanse of space and time; surprise at the flower’s survival in such deep, silent, bruising, cold. The renewed respect for nature; the decree: there shall be life. Perceptions of impossibility humbled, softening the tenor.
Unfathomable
Air, weave of hedge quelled with snow,
Bloom’s blushing conceit
Kanzen Sakura is host to Haibun Monday this week at Dverse Poets. The photograph as prompt was provided by her and copyright resides with her.
Although it’s Monday most places in the world, I, living at the southern tip of Africa, get the post a day later, so I’ll link up tomorrow. People in the north who’d like to follow the other poet’s writing, kindly go to http://dversepoets.com/.
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Gorgeously written; quite haunting.
Thank you very much!
Yes it is always difficult to imagine winter weather when you are in hotter climes. Just as hard for us in the UK to imagine hot weather… Right now it is 3c with frost and it is 11am . your post expressed the prompt perfectly.
Thank you so much! I was wondering whether the haiku didn’t belie the prose somewhat what with the bloom’c conceit when life is being confirmed. Will probably edit it later.
I really liked the Haiku, l don’t think you need to edit. 🙂
Whew, I think we in this part of the world have to recognize that not everyone experiences winter as we do! Your haibun definitely reminds me of of that. Truthfully, I would enjoy escaping into your scorching sun for a while & leaving winter behind!! Smiles.
Make the next prompt about sunny skies and summer and drought and you’ll see you’re probably better off where you are! 🙂
I enjoyed this alternate view of winter and your haiku is so evocative I shivered.
Thank you!
I love your opening line. It’s a very interesting perspective to describe brutal, icy winter when you’ve never seen or experienced it.. Really loved your hiabun…excellent!
It’s what it looked it like from a dry, sunny South Africa. 🙂
Such poetic prose, like reading run on lines of poetry. You render beauty of something you are unfamiliar and end with a haiku with a sensual tone. Just stunning!
Thank you!! I appreciate this. I’m thinking of revising the haiku, it kind of veers away from the intent of the prose.
I find Björg writes his prose poetic like this too…it’s a gift with words, cara!
Happy to read such a beautiful write!
Thank you for the visit! 🙂
Southern hemisphere, what a reality, ing north to get warm, water flushing counter-clockwise; & our winter is your summer. I spent a winter in Australia in the 70’s so I had a taste of it. Love the first line of the haiku, one 5-syllable word, my goodness.
Thanks! 🙂
A beautiful haibun ~ I specially admire this prose part: The renewed respect for nature; the decree: there shall be life. Perceptions of impossibility humbled, softening the tenor.
I don’t mind the conceit of the flowers, specially in winter ~
Thanks for your visits and lovely comments ~ Appreciate you joining us for Haibun Monday ~
Thanks Grace.
So many good words and so good to hear from you real southerners.
Next stop would be the Antarctic. Always wanted to visit there.
Well, that will be quite a trip.
I expect you know more of cold than most of us. I think it must have a range of understanding. Your work presented us with depth of life that surpasses our knowledge of seasons and its creatures or even its symbols. Beautiful.
Thank you so very much!
I love this perspective of winter through your eyes.
Thank you!!
Now then electric
floweRinG fish so
deep as ocean
black miles so low..
Grows strangest
liGhts of life
of all..
and to
thINk humans
are more special
than the rest
as far
as
aided
science can
see.. the humbling
pArt is liFe as aLL
that iS
now…
what else
need be but
colors of now..:)
Oh, beautiful! Thanks!
Thanks for the inspiration of your poetry.. My friend..:)
Likewise friend 🙂
🙂
One of nature’s surprises. I really liked this line: Perceptions of impossibility humbled, softening the tenor…I’m in California, have had some rain and hopefully the beginning of the end of our drought…I wish the same for you.
Thank you! In the area where I live we’ve been blessed with spots of rain so it’s not too bad here but areas of South Africa is really in dire straits. Thanks for the visit.
Thanks for sharing your fresh perspective in this excellent haibun!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful… I have many friends who have moved to Sweden recently… to see and feel the snow for the first time for them makes them almost like children again… We have full winter here now, and bicycling through snow to work was a great workout.
Sun scorching here, having to water the garden daily, we’re having a drought. Some places have run out of water and it has to be motored in. Snow is unimaginable right now, unless one has a pic and need to escape.