Judt brought the book title to the renku in the last round and now Carmen adapts it just in time for the blossom verse! And what could be a greater symbol of lightness than the cherry blossom. Its darkness is in the end relieved by the decision of the couple to escape. Kundera writes so well of the psychological stress and pain caused by a circumscribed life. The phrase, “the lightness of being,” comes from the title of Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being about living in an oppressed society. The link, I think, is “overcome” which is the spirit of the balloon girl in the previous verse. Dare we have a third? Or would that be overmuch. Swaying links to the swaying balloons.Ī lovely verse, Michael, but we have had two verses in a row with proper nouns. The phrase “a thousand eyes” makes me think of the poem “The Night has a Thousand Eyes.” It’s a beautiful poem, but the mood is a little bit melancholy. The link is the Arabic word to the West Bank. One can image the blossom petals adding a light touch to the graffiti. How happy I was to learn the word “i’jam”-little markers in written Arabic to distinguish consonants. The link is “sign” to the painting on the wall in the previous verse. It gives a feeling of reverence that I would like to have in our renku at this point. There are a few verses here that I liked very much which invoked or referenced music, but since we had the singing of a round a few verses back, I had to rule them out. We breathe so carelessly Jonathan Alderfer So, with that in mind, here are the verses that caught my eye: But since we are coming to the end of our renku, I want to end with a sense of tranquility and good will. If we were writing a 36-verse renku where there would be two blossom verses, I would have considered them for this verse. Some of you wrote verses that had some sadness in them, reflective of the times. To that end I will tell you that my desire at this point in our renku is to have a positive, hopeful verse. Īnd on that note of hope, let us turn to choosing the blossom verse-that ultimate sign of hope. And that the local governments are paying attention. There are positive signs that the protesters have focused on the important issues and discouraged the looters.
Haiki buckle sandal born full#
I think it has made us all anxious and feeling full of trepidation. This week was a week of turmoil across the globe starting here in the United States. I am delighted that we have succeeded to get this far. Those rapids certainly had a few surprises for us, didn’t they? I hope you all survived and have had time to dry out and are none the worse for wear. I am Patricia Machmiller and I am honored to be your guide for an eighteen-verse renku, in which we will compose one verse per week until completion. The Renku Sessions continue on The Haiku Foundation.
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