Tikkis

Monday, October 17, 2011

lonely scarecrow -
does he also
feel old

Anonymous said...: This is a wonderful tribute to Issa whom we love - isn't it? Therefore I like it very much.

Here four haiku of Issa:

my old age--
even facing a scarecrow
ashamed

nowhere, nowhere
can a young scarecrow
be found

evening falls--
me and a scarecrow
just us two

looking younger than me
the scarecrow casts
his shadow

Best wishes
Rudi; Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:05:00 PM
Juhani Tikkanen said...: Rudi; yes, those Issa´s very human haiku are excellent ones! Also something very democratic?

I translated some 30 scarecrow-haiku from Blyth's Haiku anthology and published those in my collection Dolby C (1987).

My fafourite was, or is:

Even before His Majesty,
The scarecrow does not remove
His plaited hat

By Dansui. I translated "His Majesty" in Finnish as "President" ,-)

Here is one version (original; who knows?)

O scarecrow -
you know where autumn wind
coming from?; Wednesday, October 19, 2011 1:21:00 AM
Bill said...: "does he also" would be more idiomatic.

Good one.; Wednesday, October 19, 2011 6:57:00 PM
Tikkis said...: OK Bill, thanks.

- I'm sometimes building my texts (threeliners, as I call them) with the words as different elements...; Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:08:00 AM