Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge 2017 #4 from the Paulownia

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new episode of our Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017. Yesterday we had a haiku by a modern haiku poet, Kim Russell, and today I have a beautiful haiku by one of Basho's leading disciples, Nozawa Boncho (1640-1714).

Nozawa Boncho was a Japanese poet born c.1640 in Kanazawa. He spent most of his life in Kyoto working as a doctor. Boncho was one of Matsuo Bashō's leading disciples and wrote many famous haiku of his period. Boncho died in 1714.

from the paulownia
without a breath of wind--
falling leaves

© Nozawa Boncho

Paulownia Tree

And now the goal is to create the second (two-lined) stanza inspired/associated on the scene in the first stanza of the Tan Renga.

from the paulownia
without a breath of wind--
falling leaves

© Nozawa Boncho

My attempt to create a second stanza:

her precious beauty swirls
she ... the moon of autumn

© Chévrefeuille

Not as strong as I had hoped, but I think this second stanza fits the scene in a different, mysterious way.

This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until May 8th at noon (CET). I will publish our new episode, a new Universal Jane episode, later on. For now ... have fun!

 

Share your completed Tan Renga with us all here at our Haiku Kai.

1.	Lolly	6.	kaykuala	11.	tournesol
2.	Rosemary Nissen-Wade	7.	Virginia Popescu	12.	Sara McNulty
3.	Kim M. Russell	8.	Bjorn Rudberg	13.	Mellow Curmudgeon
4.	Nicole Pottier	9.	petra domina
5.	gillena	10.	Pat (jazzytower)

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