Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, October 11th 2017

“Mit Reif vom Nebel belegte Rose.” Photographer: Armin Kübelbeck, CC-BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons

Dear friends of MLMM,

Last week I gave you the task to create haiku inspired on a quote and I have read nice responses, but I also thought “Why do I ask you to create bi-weekly a haiku or haibun? Why not give you the freedom to choose for haiku or haibun?” I don’t know, because I think both form are connected with each other. So from this week on I will give you the freedom to choose for haiku or haibun. It gives you more choice …. And isn’t that what we are all striving for “freedom of choice?”

So I will give you a theme to work with and give you the choice to create a haiku or a haibun, or maybe both.

This week I have a nice haiku for you from one of the classical haiku masters to work with, the haiku-poet for this week is Mizuhara Shuoshi (1892-1981) it is a not so well known haiku, but he has written very beautiful haiku.

A new year begins
With the blooming
Of a single frosty rose

Mizuhara Shuoshi (1892-1981)

A beauty to work with I think. This week your haiku or haibun must inspired on this haiku by Shuoshi.

Have fun!

When you have written your haiku, please TAG Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille and Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie. Then add your link to the Mister Linky widget below.

 

About Chèvrefeuille

I am a Dutch haiku poet. And I am the owner and host of the weblog "Carpe Diem, a daily haiku meme" on Blogger (or Blogspot). I am writing haiku since the late eighties and in 2005 I became an international known haiku poet and in 2011 ten of my haiku were included in a worldwide anthology "Spasms of Light". With that anthology I became an even more known haiku poet. In October 2012 I started my daily haiku meme.

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