tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post4122961491275768281..comments2023-08-06T08:48:02.347+01:00Comments on Spring: The Four Seasons of Haikuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12478161106526373316noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-76673054672435430362011-05-02T18:35:00.659+01:002011-05-02T18:35:00.659+01:00Hi David,
How do you mean by disturbing?
I could...Hi David,<br /><br />How do you mean by disturbing?<br /><br />I could understand if you meant the rapeseed gendai one which is on this site.<br /><br />Just curious. ;-)<br /><br />AlanArea 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-36692026548169159882011-05-02T17:29:01.116+01:002011-05-02T17:29:01.116+01:00Alan your haiku is beautiful and disturbing. It gi...Alan your haiku is beautiful and disturbing. It gives us a different perspective on this strange spring.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343643387576533616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-51322801231524176232011-05-02T17:27:25.494+01:002011-05-02T17:27:25.494+01:00Vida I have spent years looking at these shameless...Vida I have spent years looking at these shameless flowers - so guady and totally out of place in our restrained English landscaped spring gardens - except for the short bursts of native blossom. I have never written about azaleas before. But then a month ago they seemed to strike me like a lightening bolt unasked for.<br /><br />May the lightening strike of inspiration continue to strike you Vida.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343643387576533616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-7235946002406682692011-05-01T23:24:53.876+01:002011-05-01T23:24:53.876+01:00Hi David,
The course was in Lingfield, not too fa...Hi David,<br /><br />The course was in Lingfield, not too far from the racecourse, and in Claridge House, a Quakers Retreat, which serves incredible food all week.<br /><br />We've been doing haikai literature courses there for a few years now, always does well, great people.<br /><br />Here's a magnolia haiku from me as part of the <b>Japan Art Auction Aid event</b>: <a href="http://area17.blogspot.com/2011/04/alans-haiku-created-into-posters-at.html" rel="nofollow">weblink</a><br /><br />all my very best,<br /><br />AlanArea 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-90410841784420831342011-05-01T21:21:25.812+01:002011-05-01T21:21:25.812+01:00Thanks for these comments.
Actually Alan I'm...Thanks for these comments. <br /><br />Actually Alan I'm not planning to read the magnolia one. <br /><br />Yea you were really close when you did the haiku course in Purley - 20 minutes away roughly.<br /><br />Did it go well??Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343643387576533616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-90638527748673357212011-05-01T18:32:14.421+01:002011-05-01T18:32:14.421+01:00I'm afraid I always think of Steve Martin and ...I'm afraid I always think of Steve Martin and The Man with Two Brains. ;-)<br /><br />AlanArea 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-60000350531021428772011-05-01T15:09:30.961+01:002011-05-01T15:09:30.961+01:00David, I love this azalea haiku.
As much as I lik...David, I love this azalea haiku. <br />As much as I like them, I have always had a hard time including their images in a poem:)Vidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09445214590810247776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-84115720813437336332011-05-01T07:59:39.588+01:002011-05-01T07:59:39.588+01:00Hi, Alan.
I wish I had the opportunity be there l...Hi, Alan.<br /><br />I wish I had the opportunity be there learning haiku with the whole class. Need to recharge my battery again and again....<br /><br />WWBWahyu W. Basjirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260428377205211034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224371597574786668.post-30650939996270238532011-05-01T02:00:49.852+01:002011-05-01T02:00:49.852+01:00Looks fun! Did you do the magnolia haiku too?
We...Looks fun! Did you do the magnolia haiku too?<br /><br />We must have just missed each other, as I was in Surrey recently doing my Purely Haiku Residential Course at Claridge House. ;-)<br /><br />AlanArea 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.com