going up and up
reaching for eternity
rigid, tall and straight
.
evergreen bamboo
shoots cut down and thinly sliced
boiled, to feast upon
.
survival circles
displayed around the body
every few inches
.
ward off the evil
takenoko surrounding
lonely Shinto shrine
.
wet and slippery
showered in the morning rain
a bamboo-poet writes
.
a childish cutter
gash shining stalk of bamboo
emerge moon goddess
.
shedding those gold tears
watching in pain, her moon world
born from bamboo stalk
* Written for Carpe Diem # 217 Takenoko/Bamboo Shoots
* The last two haiku are derived from a Japanese folktale; The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. I came to know about it in a Japanese cartoon show once.
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The Shinto shrine and bamboo poet are my favorites. Lovely haiku.
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Thank you.. 🙂
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You were on a roll here with this Bamboo shoots … what an awesome series of haiku you have shared here with us HA. I love especially the first haiku … in that one I feel somewhat of longing to Heaven … a better world.
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I loved working on them…
Yes, that was the very image I was trying to create there.
Thank you for the kind remarks.. 🙂
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I like the persistence of that bamboo poet!
Bamboo
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Thank you..
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Wow you really was inspired here. Very good.. and I got really hungry from your second one.
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Thank you for the kind remarks.. 🙂
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Lovely set of Haiku HA, 4th and 5th are my favourites- thank you.
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Thank you.. I loved the theme of the prompt and thus ended up creating these haiku.
🙂
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