ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ By David McMurray ajw.asahi/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201408150008 Blue stars in the light of day borage flowers --Takako Nagai (Tokyo) The haikuist seems wary of eating the vivid blue culinary herb with leaves that taste like cucumbers. Murasaki Sagano eats just what the doctor orders. Ramona Linke longs for an herb used in Berliner Weisse beer, brandy, jelly, jams and her favorite dessert. Medicine for a languid day watermelon * * * Hot flushes-- she dreams about woodruff ice cream Aug. 15 coincides with the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To mark the day, King Henry III of England declared in 1253 that freemen peasants who lived in the seaside town of Scarborough could host a grand month-and-a-half-long trading fair. Murasaki Sagano plays with 3-5-3 syllables in Kyoto. Parsley, sage rosemary and thyme short, love game As the event increased in popularity over the years, bards traveled from town to town singing lines of narrative poetry about it. One of these ballads can be traced back to 1670 and continues to do well in concerts. A 19th-century version of it begins, “Are you going to Scarborough Fair?” Writing from present day India, Angelee Deodhar replies, “Yes, I will join you in Scarborough.” I sing along to Parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme at Scarborough Fair Peaceful poetry can be read at ajw.asahi/search/?q=haiku. The next issue of the Asahi Haikuist Network appears Aug. 29. Readers are invited to send haiku about clouds on a postcard to David McMurray at the International University of Kagoshima, Sakanoue 8-34-1, Kagoshima, 891-0197, Japan, or e-mail to ([email protected]).
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 05:17:21 +0000
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