Monday, August 10, 2009

photo: Martin G. Wienert; Schloss Dyck (June 2009)





near the lake --
two boys count their
mosquito bites
(AW, 2009)





10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like this "karumi", this late style of Basho (in German "Leichtigkeit"). And I remind of Issa who suffered of mosquitoes. This ku is a hommage on Issa as well.

Well done!
Rudi

Ralf Bröker said...

Being proud is human. Some count bites, others count other things. Soon these boys might receive some medals. Hopefully they did well in sports ... Nice one, Angelika!

Best wishes
Ralf

Magyar said...

mosquito
buzzes at my ear
turn the page

Another good one Angelika _m

Devika Jyothi said...

I was about to say it reminds of verses by Tikkis and then Tikkis is an absolute Issa fan, i guess...& Rudi confirms it :)

wishes,
devika

Gillena Cox said...

gave me a chuckle

much love
gillena

John McDonald said...

ha-ha- so true
john

haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...

Thank you so much for your comments!

Best wishes,
Angelika

Bill said...

The photo makes me start scratching. The rainy summer has brought us lots of mosquitoes. The ku is very good. too

mosquito–
the long road
to nirvana

Tikkis said...

warm summer day --
swarm of mosquitoes
on duty

ps. I wrote also a variation L2:
"just mosquitoes"

perhaps a better?

Ps2:
This photographer of yours: neat work!

Semaphore said...

Fabulous, how you can make me itch with such an economy of words!