The Lighter Side of JzB

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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku


"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Carpe Diem #301, Meigetsu (Harvest Moon, the full moon of September)

 Moon - One Night Past Full - 7/23/13


For the harvest moon, a lunar fairy tale in haiku form.

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in the ripe field
under the bright harvest moon
the lunar fairy


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rapt in her beauty
i reach out but she tells me
you are not the one


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for four long weeks
i long for her return
clouds cover the moon


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each full moon
i get a brief glimpse of her
as she departs


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this exquisite pain
my love for the lost fairy
i take to my grave

~~~

Carpe Diem #301

9 comments:

  1. What a nice series of haiku on Meigetsu and I like that you've mentioned the moon fairy Kooga. And how we longing all for her.

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  2. Sweet sweet story told through your haiku. Lovely, JzB.

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  3. "you are not the one"

    If I heard those words...well, it would be like ripping out my heart...

    Harvest Moon

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  4. Wow, a whole story and so exquisite. I love the lunar fairy.

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  5. Agree with MMT... this is a sad fairy tale indeed! Sad but beautifully told!

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  6. Thanks friends.

    This pretty much just spilled out of me.

    The 2nd and last verses took a little polishing work, but not much.

    "You are not the one," is the key to it all.

    And yes - those words rip your heart out.

    Cheers!
    JzB

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  7. 'you are not the one' humbling words, and cast a cold light on the fairy..
    PS
    Third edition of the Polish International Haiku Competition:
    http://polish.international.competition.haiku.pl/index.php
    Winners: 2011 Cynthia Rowe, 2012 Roberta Beary
    Judges: 2011 Jane Reichhold, 2012 Jim Kacian, 2013 George Swede

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  8. a lovely and poignant tale of beauty and longing..

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  9. This is just perfect. I love the haiku tale... sad and still each haiku stands by itself

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