"Go quietly, Carry little."

Poetry, quotations, personal reflections from a lover of the wilderness, a lover of the silence....


Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Winter Solitude

Lake Minnetonka sunset

Winter solitude--
in a world of one color
the sound of wind.

- Basho

From Onehouse. (Thanks, K. :)
Posted by at
Labels: , , , ,

4 comments:

  1. BarbaraDecember 25, 2008 at 11:01 AM

    Basho is a master. He creates an entire scene in a few spare syllables.
    One thing about haiku that people do not always realize, is that it must (directly or indirectly) invoke a specific moment in nature.
    May this winter solitude embrace you and bring you to a still, resting point within. Happy Christmas, FW!

    ReplyDelete
  2. ADecember 25, 2008 at 11:06 AM

    Thank you, Barbara; may this day be all you hope for.

    I did/do know that particular rule about Haiku. Nonetheless, some of like to bend/break the rules sometimes and merely observe the syllable construction only. :)

    Basho is indeed a master. One would not believe that such an evocative scene could be created in such spareness of language, but Basho does indeed do it....

    It reminds me of the old saw "less is more." In this case it's true.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousDecember 26, 2008 at 8:10 AM

    The combination of words and photograph are perfect. I like that, apart from the hat tip to Onehouse, you have left them stand as is.
    I must read and experience more haiku in 2009 - something is calling me to their spareness.

    ReplyDelete
  4. ADecember 26, 2008 at 2:10 PM

    Thank you Val and Tess.

    The completemess of the simplicity calls....

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)