Bushido (the art and the way of the warrior). This morning was a good morning, the sun was shinning the weather was pleasantly cool, with a light breeze, not too hot not too cold, a very balanced day.
This morning was a good morning. How often do we hear those tired and tested homilies, the ones our mothers are so often all to happy to bludgeon us with? Twenty years ago I remember having a conversation with a friend who had realised an epiphany, he had come to the conclusion that all such axiom where actually true and was experiencing a sea change in his opinion of how his mother thought. I of course was nothing if not polite about this, and nodded, and made affirmative noises, in the right places, without actually committing to anything other than supporting my friend, who was obviously suffering from some kind of breakdown as far as I was concerned. The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bushido, by Inazo NitobÉ, A.M., Ph.D.. Haiku. Perhaps, nothing is absolute in haiku.
Like life, haiku require learning, experience and balance. I hope today you have learned a bit more of one technique - the use of fragment and phrase. Blessed Be! Jane Reichhold.