Saturday, February 7

chrysanthemums

















white chrysanthemums
gilding the lily with snow -
[during] winter rains


[during] winter rains
gilding the lily with snow -
white chrysanthemums





white chrysanthemums
gilding the lily with snow
winter rains


Critique please.


Is the word during 'de trop' in this case or does it fulfil a function compatible with classical haiku?

And what about the use of the -ing form in this haiku: either as Gerund, Present Participle or as part of the Present Continuous [ are gilding] where 'are' is implied?

Does it fulfil the role of the present tense required by the classical haiku?

I'd be interested to hear your opinion.




















© Girl Friday

Written for a prompt at CarpeDiem

2 comments:

PirateGunn said...

Very interesting - normally would say get rid of that ''during'' immediately and put a -dash! but when i read it, it all fit so well. In fact it resonates as a rare, read haiku, in the last line. What I do find difficult and destructive is the way the hiku always appears a second time in the grey box below the main presentation. Think it shouldn't-. Very interesting post!

joanna uk said...


Hiya hamish,

thanks. but....

destructive?
seems a bit strong for something so innocuous as a text box -
can't you just ignore that?
That would never have occurred to me.