Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – burning ornaments and greens – January 20, 2015

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Georgia

seeking winter greens
even with the emperor
at dawn

Japanese New Year
after burning ornaments
winter greens with rice

New Year ritual
burning the ornaments
binding the gods
smoke carries good fortune
closing the fifth season

We’ve been exploring the fifth season (New Year) kigo at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai … this is two prompts in one … burning the ornaments (Sagichoo) which is the ritual closure of New Year, burning the ornaments fix the Gods to the New Year … and Picking Young Greens (wakanatsumi) … please go visit Carpe Diem for more information about these and many other rituals tied to the Japanese New Year!

17 thoughts on “Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – burning ornaments and greens – January 20, 2015”

The Muscleheaded Blog on January 20, 2015 at 07:59 said:

Happy Japanese New Year — I want sticky rice, please. 🙂

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- Bastet on January 20, 2015 at 09:00 said:
  
  Wish I were Japanese .. all these prompts about the Japanese New Year are a bit much … still I’ll sent you some virtual mocha with jam! 🙂
  
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  - The Muscleheaded Blog on January 20, 2015 at 10:01 said:
    
    Yeah— now, you’re talking. 🙂
    
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    - Bastet on January 21, 2015 at 09:35 said:
      
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magicalmysticalteacher on January 20, 2015 at 16:21 said:

Great job of mixing the two prompts—sort of like a moveable feast! 😉

Picking Tender Greens

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- Bastet on January 21, 2015 at 09:45 said:
  
  Kinda .. got to do what you can when your connection is a temperamental as mine is …
  
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Chèvrefeuille on January 20, 2015 at 20:20 said:

Excellent haiku and tanka Georgia … you have intwined two prompts and created a beauty.

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- Bastet on January 21, 2015 at 06:20 said:
  
  I’m so happy you didn’t mind that I put the prompts together .. I’m having difficulties connecting lately so it was easier fro me this way … Thanks so much for your enthusiastic comment and the reblog!
  
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Chèvrefeuille on January 20, 2015 at 20:21 said:

Reblogged this on Chèvrefeuille's haiku and commented:
Awesome haiku and tanka …

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purplepeninportland on January 23, 2015 at 05:47 said:

Love the fifth season!

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- Bastet on January 23, 2015 at 08:40 said:
  
  Yes, lovely isn’t it! 🙂
  
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Blake on January 25, 2015 at 22:15 said:

I really like the ’emperor’ haiku – the scene you paint is so simple, yet vivid and suggests all sorts of possibilities for a back story.

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- Bastet on January 26, 2015 at 09:04 said:
  
  Thanks Blake … there really is a story behind it … the Emperor of Japan wrote a tanka about gathering those lovely green plants.
  
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  - Blake on January 27, 2015 at 23:09 said:
    
    Ah that explains it! I’m still ‘new’ to the haiku/tanka world, so it’s good to learn about historical references.
    
    And I think you alluded to the history very effectively here.
    
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    - Bastet on January 28, 2015 at 07:32 said:
      
      🙂 thanks Blake … glad you enjoyed it … I actually got the information from the prompt about the green veggies, I would never have known about the tanka otherwise.
      
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      - Blake on January 28, 2015 at 23:44 said:
        
        Ah I missed that prompt – I’ll check it out now, thanks 😉
        
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      - Bastet on January 29, 2015 at 06:54 said:
        
        I mixed prompts in this post .. didn’t have a lot of time to do individual posts … but the links should be here.
        
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