08-31-2014, 07:43 AM
(08-29-2014, 11:36 AM)ambrosial revelation Wrote: Do you think that the metaphors are the original intention by the poet or just different interpretations by the reader, because ultimately so many things could be taken as metaphors and especially so in haiku when there is usually a reference to nature.
The original intent of a poet is interesting to know and
usually provides insight, but the content of the work is judged by
readers not writers. Could go on but must fix dinner
... see Tennessee Williams quote below.The others are just my interpretations,
but on these I had some help:
this world of dew
is only a world of dew -
and yet
Issa's documented as having written this after the
death of his daughter. (And he'd lost his other child
a few years earlier.)
my old home
everywhere I touch -
thorns
Issa wrote this on his return to his home town where
he struggled with various relatives over his father's
estate.
Roses;
the flowers are easy to paint,
the leaves difficult.
Shiki
YES!!
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"Context? You want context?
I had two eggs with grits, gravy, fried apples, and bacon for breakfast.
Next question." - Tennessee Williams
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