This prompt is a tan renga challenge. Our host has chosen a haiku written by Magical Mystical Teacher (MMT). It was her response on this haiku by Basho:
how rare!
on leaving the mountain
the first eggplant
MMT's response haiku was the following:
how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light
© MMT
now we are to write a tan renga two lines of 7 syllables to this haiku. Our host`s tan renga is here:
how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light (MMT)
I always will love her
underneath the Laburnum (Chèvrefeuille)
I struggled with various responses becasue I had several images of "yellow blossoms" from my personal life. So I broke it down to two and here they are:
Across
the street from the church at my hometown, there is a small garden by the
river, with various flowers. I remember
taking a picture in June of the lovely yellow lilies and wished I could come
back later in the summer to catch the flora at its peak in blossoming. Well, I did not but here is a snapshot from
June.
how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light
Across the
church, newly weds
yellow lilies
cheer them on.
(c) Tournesol
(c) Tournesol
Of course
there are also lovely daisies and sun roots in my friend’s garden in Bromont
facing several mountains. This is where we went to celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary last Sunday. A huge tent was pitched next to the Willow tree…what a
lovely day celebrating such a lovely couple. To this day, I have never met a
loving couple like these two people. You can feel the love they share. They
still cuddle and always hold hands sitting close together.
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| (c) Clr '14 |
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| (c) Clr '14 |
how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light
Underneath
the Willow tree
sun roots scan the mountains.
(c) Tournesol '14
Posted by Cheryl-Lynn Roberts 2014-08018
