tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169583481825883065.post3054624636077068351..comments2024-02-27T04:21:08.067-04:00Comments on Caribbean Kigo Kukai: Caribbean Kigo #09 Kukai ResultsGillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169583481825883065.post-76031590318073357092010-02-07T07:53:25.732-04:002010-02-07T07:53:25.732-04:00My favorite is Sakuo’s haiku. The rice cake is ma...My favorite is Sakuo’s haiku. The rice cake is made now and it was cut in small pieces for an old couple… I found here many symbols in few words. <br /><br />Magdalena DaleMagdalena Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788127321649046167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169583481825883065.post-46946492395034462422010-02-07T06:49:45.833-04:002010-02-07T06:49:45.833-04:00In the compendium of new beginnings, which the New...In the compendium of new beginnings, which the New Year offers, there is the detail of food. Why not strengten ourselves, with a mind to improving situations, along with our resolutions to improve our lives? You can read more on that idea at<br />'Lucky Foods For The New Year' [http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/holidays/newyearsday/luckyfoods]<br /><br />This kukai; kukai number nine emerged a winner who paid attention not only to the people in her family but also to her pet<br /><br />new year's day<br />the smell of pickled herring<br />on the cat's breath<br />--Cindy Tebo<br /><br />Begining anew with attention to one's pet; there is a pertinent humanitarian quality here; one of caring, not just on the level of human to human , but of wider acceptance and inclusion, of a pet in the family<br />Feeding the family maybe an everyday act , but feeding the pet is an extension of caring in any family.<br /><br />A truly AHA moment of haiku recorded<br /><br />I was reading recently from WHR, a section of cat pet haiku the section is titled ' My Left-handed Black Cat by Atene Kawasaki/ Haiku about by friend after the death of his wife' [http://worldhaikureview.googlepages.com/myleft-handedblackcat] and the poem that was particularly striking for me was the one in which he questions himself about the situation of others of his cats family; this one the lucky one having strayed into his life;<br /><br />kogarashi no naka ka koneko no chichi-haha wa<br /><br />parents<br />of this kitten...are they exposed<br />to bitter winter wind?<br />--Atene Kawasaki as per WHR; Volume 8 Issue 1 - January 2010; copyright<br /><br />For me this poem resonated well the isssue of caring also subthemed in this CKK's Number nine's winning Haiku<br /><br />Best Wishes for the New Year; Thanks to all for maikng Caribbean Kigo Number Nine Kukai a success;much love<br /><br />--gillena cox<br />coordinator; Caribbean Kigo KukaiGillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com