Humour in Waka – August 8, 2015

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Georgia

abandoned
two lost soles waiting
on the door step.

teeter-tottering
midnight laughter in the park
the revellers
like wayward children playing
under moonshine fumes

waddling ducks
he pursues his lady-love
quaking with laughter

weaving in the night
those drunken tourists roamed
but made no cloth

This post was written for:

On The Trail With Basho Encore #11 drinking friends (humor)

and here is a delightful haiku by Basho:

sake nomi ni katara n kakaru taki no hana

drinking friends
to talk I’ll hang over like this
a waterfall of flowers

and our host:

on the way home
drunken sailors bend over
to vomit

it’s a strange sight
like a waterfall they fall
drunken sailors

Ah! that sight
a waterfall of flowers
when vomiting

24 thoughts on “Humour in Waka – August 8, 2015”

Oliana on August 8, 2015 at 08:52 said:

Brava ma chère!!! Elles sont tous très amusantes. Love the lost sole and tanka a lot!!!

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- Bastet on August 8, 2015 at 09:20 said:
  
  I do so love playing with words and those shoes were ideal for a pun … took the photo last year, I always wondered about the girl who’d lost them!
  
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  - Oliana on August 8, 2015 at 09:30 said:
    
    You could use the photo for a shadorma or s photo prompt challenge…
    
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    - Bastet on August 8, 2015 at 09:55 said:
      
      i did use it somewhere last year, but for the life of me I don’t know where, I had to upload it again on my media archives ’cause I couldn’t find it!
      
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      - Oliana on August 8, 2015 at 10:00 said:
        
        Oh!! WordPress is frustrating Kent adding photos of posts by other bloggers I waste so much time removing them
        
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      - Bastet on August 8, 2015 at 10:59 said:
        
        I didn’t quite catch that … but I know if I reblog I get oodles of photos that I just don’t need!
        
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      - Oliana on August 8, 2015 at 11:14 said:
        
        Yes that’s what I tried to say from my iPhone lol
        
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gillena on August 8, 2015 at 10:23 said:

(◕‿◕｡) tipsy set

much love…

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kaykuala h on August 8, 2015 at 14:51 said:

Pair of shoes at the door step is reminiscent of a young lady about to leave the nest. It can be for many reasons. But mostly it is to break from the apron strings to venture out and seek their own fortune. Well penned Georgia!

Hank

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- Bastet on August 9, 2015 at 20:30 said:
  
  Hmmm .. could have been or her feet hurt after the party and she forgot them? Thanks for dropping by!
  
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Forest Tinker on August 8, 2015 at 15:44 said:

Great play with words throughout, Bastett..!

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- Bastet on August 9, 2015 at 20:28 said:
  
  As you say … a little play is great Hamish! 😉
  
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smilecalm on August 8, 2015 at 17:23 said:

almost enough
to make me want
to drink again!
lightly i’ll put on shoes
and walk the other way 🙂

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- Bastet on August 9, 2015 at 20:23 said:
  
  ah the better road
  under the moon without shine
  just tea for two
  
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milan rajkumar on August 8, 2015 at 21:07 said:

I love the two lost soles ! And the moonshine fumes , that’s so powerfully coined !

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- Bastet on August 9, 2015 at 19:37 said:
  
  Thanks, I had fun with those two .. I like using puns and these gave me the possibility to do so.
  
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  - milan rajkumar on August 9, 2015 at 19:41 said:
    
    (y)
    
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Chèvrefeuille on August 8, 2015 at 21:21 said:

Great post Georgia.

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- Bastet on August 9, 2015 at 19:38 said:
  
  Thanks I’m glad you liked it .. it was wonderful to be able to play around a little. 🙂
  
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  - Chèvrefeuille on August 9, 2015 at 21:23 said:
    
    That’s the freedom of inspiration … 🙂
    
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    - Bastet on August 10, 2015 at 05:09 said:
      
      Yes!
      
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Valida Faire on August 8, 2015 at 22:27 said:

I especially like the first lines–about lost soles!

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- Bastet on August 9, 2015 at 19:39 said:
  
  And to think … that was actually the last haiku written I almost published without it!
  
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  - Valida Faire on August 9, 2015 at 20:53 said:
    
    🙂
    
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