tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post7286816694673453068..comments2024-03-01T01:15:20.084-08:00Comments on haiku notebook by w. f. owen: w. f. owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-63146143757426956842008-12-09T04:56:00.000-08:002008-12-09T04:56:00.000-08:00//as an earlier comment noted,extreme northern loc...//as an earlier comment noted,<BR/>extreme northern locations "feels like" winter.//<BR/><BR/>Hey Bill,<BR/><BR/>I laughed when I read your <BR/>"feels like" and "extreme north" comments. I guess the palm trees down in CA haven't even turned color yet. <BR/><BR/>I guess down there, in the "extreme south", it still "feels like" autumn. ;-)<BR/><BR/>It snowed three weeks ago and that snow's not gone. Didn't get 'bove 1 Degree Fahrenheit all day, ayuh. It's a cold'n and it's wintuh up heyuh in Vermont.It's not any "feel" 'bout it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-66153654936275875762008-12-07T21:19:00.000-08:002008-12-07T21:19:00.000-08:00exactly josh, write what we experience.well said. ...exactly josh, write what we experience.<BR/>well said. thanks for the poem, too.<BR/><BR/>billw. f. owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-25399410763883964332008-12-07T20:22:00.000-08:002008-12-07T20:22:00.000-08:00Well, since we're writing "haiku", isn't it best i...Well, since we're writing "haiku", isn't it best if we just write what we experience anyway? <BR/><BR/>Enjoying your regular glimpses of the delta region.<BR/><BR/>We have a very special hawk (flowers too) here year-round.<BR/><BR/>lull in the trades a hawk cocks its headjoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273213793798540656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-29195644967090835842008-12-07T12:59:00.000-08:002008-12-07T12:59:00.000-08:00hi again josh,you know, you are right about "hawk"...hi again josh,<BR/><BR/>you know, you are right about "hawk" being a winter<BR/>kigo or season term. when i posted a comment earlier<BR/>about today being still autumn in the saijiki, that is<BR/>correct. wouldn't you know it that i'd be<BR/>posting a hawk poem now--still autumn. of course,<BR/>this brings up that whole "debate" about regions in<BR/>regards to the traditional saijiki. i think in most places of north America autumn still seems<BR/>reasonable, though, as an earlier comment noted,<BR/>extreme northern locations "feels like" winter.<BR/><BR/>i lived in Hawaii ten years. if i were there still,<BR/>now, i could write haiku about flowers and<BR/>be "accurate."<BR/><BR/>interesting comment, thanks.<BR/><BR/>bill<BR/><BR/>ps: i see hawks here year around.w. f. owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-44655725379662529552008-12-07T11:55:00.000-08:002008-12-07T11:55:00.000-08:00Thank you for reminding me of:Searching on the win...Thank you for reminding me of:<BR/><BR/>Searching on the wind,<BR/>the hawk's cry...<BR/>is the shape of its beak.<BR/><BR/>--jw hackett<BR/><BR/>Isn't 'hawk' a traditionally winter kigo? <BR/><BR/>Aloha, Bill.joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273213793798540656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-54941443797199188952008-12-07T11:26:00.000-08:002008-12-07T11:26:00.000-08:00Yes, still autumn here, Patrick. Also, still autum...Yes, still autumn here, Patrick. <BR/>Also, still autumn in the sajiki.<BR/><BR/>Billw. f. owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-28699572951889870292008-12-07T08:11:00.000-08:002008-12-07T08:11:00.000-08:00It's winter up here. Still autumn down there?The c...It's winter up here. Still autumn down there?<BR/><BR/>The close linkage (and the conventional imagery) is a little too close for my tastes - in *this* one.<BR/><BR/>The idea is appealing though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-12658225810475677422008-12-06T22:35:00.000-08:002008-12-06T22:35:00.000-08:00thank you greg, i appreciate it.billthank you greg, i appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>billw. f. owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000159086728348420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831746103730488405.post-46205200144879547412008-12-06T20:07:00.000-08:002008-12-06T20:07:00.000-08:00great poem -- the hawk and autumn both disappearin...great poem -- the hawk and autumn both disappearing as winter comes. very strong image.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344808703550376121noreply@blogger.com