Late summer paddies
glow under the sturgeon moon –
shadows swim upstream.
Ando Hiroshige (b. 1797 – d. 1858)
Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says:
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the sturgeon moon.
Linda Lee Lyberg is today’s host for dVerse Open Link Night.
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Oh lovely.
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It does take us by surprise when things go in directions we think of as opposites 😉
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #2: Jade Li’s latest haiku for my current #Haikai Challenge!
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Shadows swim upstream. Beautiful! ☺️
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Christine, thank you. Tis the season for the sturgeon 🙂
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I agree about the shadows swimmimg–a perfect description. (K)
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Kerfe, thank you. Ken’s experience with the sturgeon would be a dream come true for me.
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Diving has great appeal.
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Beautifully done Lisa, I love the idea of shadows swimming upstream 💜
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Thank you very much, Xenia ❤
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You’re very welcome! 💜
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ooh like the “shadows swim”, an ethereal touch to this one!
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Wow, I love the last line! Beautiful.
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Eugi, thank you 🙂
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This is such a beautiful piece, Lisa. It’s just so evocative and lovely. I was staring at the painting accompanying it, and I thought that the style looked familiar to me. Then when I search the artist’s name, he was the same one who created the night snow painting (which I adore):
Anyway, I enjoyed this poem very much. It’s beautiful and evocative to nature. ❤
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The night snow painting is so wonderful. Glad you liked my poem.
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Beautiful- all the sibilace makes me think of shushing as if they are being secretive! Perfect for the elusive sturgeon! ✨
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Thank you 🙂
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I love your interpretation of this beautiful image, Lisa, especially the way the sturgeon moon and the shadows only hint at fish in the river, and the single word ‘upstream’ speaks volumes.
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Thank you, Kim! Just for the record, the poem came first. It took me awhile to find just the right pic.
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The swimming shadows is surprising and so apt.
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Thanks, Jane.
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My pleasure 🙂
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Lovely haiku Lisa.
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Thank you, Linda. Sorry I didn’t make it to the pub yesterday, I met my son at the park and we went for a nice walk.
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How wonderful!
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🙂 ❤ Yes, it was.
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I love it! Fall in the rice paddies and fish swimming upstream in the dark. Wonderful painting to go with it as well Lisa.
dwight
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So glad you enjoyed the images, Dwight, thank you 🙂
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Love that flow, the stream of alliteration and the conjuring of the setting.
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Thank you very much, Colleen.
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This is absolutely splendid! 😀 So much is portrayed in the brevity of your words 💝
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Sanaa, thank you very much ❤
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Your words paint a beautiful scene with sturgeon moon, Lisa.
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Thank you, Lynn 🙂
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A very fitting haiku for going upstream with a sturgeon moon. Well some fish do swim upstream, against the flow, to make new beginnings.
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🙂 Thank you.
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It would most certainly neer have occurred to me to compare the moon to a fish
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I think the moons are named for what’s going on during that season. The sturgeons are swimming upstream under the sturgeon moon, and the rice is ready to be harvested at this time of year also.
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Never heard about sturgeon moon… does it bring caviar?
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The caviar is on the fin…
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Never heard about sturgeon moon… does it bring caviar?
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Lovely haiku and perfect illustration! Sorry for my late comment.
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Thank you, Merril and no worries.
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