2 January 2024 (second day)
Kristen Lindquist
second day . . .
the clarity of light
on my way to work
Book of Days
BOOK OF DAYS: A POET AND NATURALIST TRIES TO FIND POETRY IN EVERY DAY
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2 January 2023 (new year)
Kristen Lindquist
new year
the old cat and I share
a heating pad
2 January 2021 (new year)
Kristen Lindquist
second day
rain threatens to wash away
the new snow
30 December 2019 (rain)
Kristen Lindquist
winter rain
sweeping it all clean
before year’s end
January 3: New year
Kristen Lindquist
only three days in
already forgetting
which year it is
January 2: Post-holiday
Kristen Lindquist
Posted with BlogsyJanuary 1, 2016: Featuring "guest writer" Buson
Kristen Lindquist
The 18th century Japanese poet Buson was one of the "Three Tenors" of classical haiku (along with Basho and Issa). His New Year's poem here, translated by Sam Hamill, highlights his sense of humor. It also seemed a fun way to kick off a new year of my daily haiku blog, because I can so relate to that smug sense of self-satisfaction.
New Year's first poem
written, now self-satisfied,
O haiku poet!
December 31: New Year's Eve
Kristen Lindquist
February 10: Bean-Throwing
Kristen Lindquist
In my Beginner's Japanese class tonight we learned about Setsubun, the Bean-Throwing Cermony held as part of the annual Spring Festival on February 3, the eve of spring in Japan. The ritual, called mamemaki, is supposed to drive away evil spirits from the year ahead. There was no little irony in imitating the ritual with our teacher by tossing beans outside the door into three feet of snow. If only it were really the cusp of spring here.
What you say:
Oni wa soto (demons outside)
Fuku wa uchi (happiness inside)
Beans tossed into snow--
if only this ritual
could conjure spring.
