from all directions

Carpe Diem #743 from all directions

a toddler smiles

kisses from all directions

sweet puppy licks

©  Janice Adcock

A portion of the inspiration for today's haiku:

"..our haiku for today from all directions. This haiku was a greeting verse for Hamada Chinseki, a physician, at his home, Sharaku Do, which had majestic views of Lake Biwa and its surroundings. There is a wordplay on nio, which can mean "a grebe" (Podiceps ruficollis) or "a plentiful water bird on the lake". It is also an abbreviation for the lake.

shiho yori hana fuki rete nio no nami

from all directions

blossoms blow into

waves of Lake Lute

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

Lake Biwa is a very well known fresh water lake in the Northeastern region of Honshu (the Southern Island of Japan) and Basho has written a lot of haiku with Lake Biwa as theme. Here are a few examples:

open the lock

let the moon shine in -

Floating Temple

© Basho (Tr. David Landis Barnhill)

All wonderful haiku by Basho about Lake Biwa .... imagine that this lake would be destroyed? Than we only had the inheritance of Basho to "see" how beautiful Lake Biwa was.

full moon

reflecting her beauty in the water

of Lake Biwa

© Chèvrefeuille

Another one a baransu styled haiku:

moonlight reflects

spring breeze scatters her beauty

I bow and pray

© Chèvrefeuille

Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on 

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