Dear friends of MLMM,
A new week, a new episode of Heeding Haiku With … I have a very busy week so I have made it myself a little bit easier than I mostly do. Maybe you know the famous classical haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694).
Basho has written around 1000 haiku in his lifetime, all in my opinion wonderful, but recently I ran into an “unfinished” haiku of Basho. I love to challenge you this week to create the third, missing, line and than write a haibun with that completed haiku in it. Your haibun may have a maximum of 150 words (including the completed haiku).
Here is that unfinished haiku:
missing a wife
putting on bamboo grass
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© Matsuo Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
I will give you my attempt to complete this unfinished haiku by Basho:
missing a wife
the bamboo grass dives under –
wise men’s gathering (*)
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.
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I like the way you have finished the haiku. Maybe I’m missing something but I can’t see the Mr Linky widget. Here’s a link to my response to your prompt – https://beinginnatureblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/bashos-unfinished-haiku/
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I had a little fun creating a twisty story;
single again
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This poem doesn’t actually fit your prompt, but it was still inspired by your post.
https://revivedwriter.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/unfinished/