enjoying a quiet supper
near the thickets
the servant dreams of home
first spring blossoms
holidays over
the servant’s time to rest
in Sluderno
the apprentice
leaves his master’s house
winter holiday
guest finally leaves
lady of the house sits back
well-earned holiday
§§§§
Modern Woman in Italy – Choka
she’s no servant
she cleans and shops and cooks
without a holiday
she goes to her daily job
returns home
then she cleans and irons
bathes the children
as her husband relaxes
watching the news
she’s no servant
she’s a modern housewife
liberated
she now works outside the home
without shirking her duties
© G.s.k. ‘15
Liberally inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s Daily prompt – Servant’s Day.
yabu-iri no waza to kureshi ya kusa no tsuki
Ending the Servant’s Holiday
on purpose …
sliver moon
© Issa
yabu- iri ya mamori- bukuro o wasure kusa
Apprentice’s holiday:
a good-luck amulet
forgotten in the grass
© Buson
farewell cherry blossoms,
the servants have abandoned me,
will you bloom again?
© Chèvrefeuille
An interesting and thoughtful read. 🙂
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Glad you though so 🙂
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I can feel the hard work – well written 🙂
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Thanks … 🙂
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I enjoyed this – the plight of the modern woman is pretty universal I think – equality of the sexes still seems a way off
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Well, I know you’re right, but I decided to avoid polemics and say it’s an Italian problem … which I’m 100% sure is the truth of the majority of modern women here.
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Yes I have an Italian friend. It does sound like the women there work very very hard indeed.
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Yes, pretty much true … it’s a male oriented society (the younger generations are of course changing a lot) but Mamma is the backbone of the family …she takes the kids to their sports and after-school activities, cooks, irons (still!), cleans house does the shopping, helps with the kids homework, pays the bills and solves the bureaucratic crap (and so on) then, on top of this, she often holds down a part-time job. SOME women who have a full-time job sometimes don’t take the kids to piano or football lessons in the afternoon.
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Phew – what a work load!
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I like the well earned holiday.
There’s an old saw that says:
A man can work from sun to sun
but a woman’s work is never done
I guess it’s still true.
namaste
jzb
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Yes … I guess it is still true .. namaste, Bastet!
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I chuckle – when my children were little and we’d go on holiday everyone enjoyed the week of no chores – all except mom. So I agree with you 100% a woman’s work( no matter the century) is never done
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I actually was able to go once on a vacation without chores … more or less … not an easy task!
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Liberated, yes! Free to work double! o.O
I’d say more – but – there’s a soap box looming on the horizon.
Nicely written, Georgia 🙂
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Yeah … the soap box is looming indeed … thanks Jen.
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😉
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Not surprising the ordinary house-wife works as a servant does! Many may not realize this! Great write Georgia!
Hank
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Thanks Hank .. if you mean her “outside” job is often cleaning or ironing for others you’re right, if you mean that she’s a servant in her own home … well the proper word would probably be slave … as she works for for free, just for what comes her way via her husband, on the other hand if she works outside the home, her salary goes into the family. Thanks for the sympathetic read Hank.
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