Friday, January 22, 2016

Stone Buddha

Done for Carpe Diem Special #193 Revise That Haiku ... a trip along memory lane


On this episode, we were challenge to revise or re-write a piece of Shiki (1867-1902) , one of the five masters of the haiku art:

Stone Buddha
his shoulder pad of snow
lightening in sunrise

(c) Adjei Agyei-Baah, Jan 22, 2016


Inspired by:

the snow has melted
on one shoulder
of the Great Buddha

(c) Shiki (1867-1902)

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    1. Thanks dear, working on your stuff and will be hearing good news soon.

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  2. lovely, his shoulders do look like huge shoulder pad ;)

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    1. Yeah Tournesol, that portion of the image jumped at me. Glad that you observed it too

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  3. Nicely done .. very nicely done indeed.

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    1. Thanks Georgia, you guys are the inspiration. You always string me along

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  4. It's awesome. Shiki would be proud.

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    1. Hahaha...yeah Feni...perhaps he is smiling in his grave

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