Blossoms and Senryu

• Artist: Dharmawan
• Description: The first part is a haiku, complete with seasonal reference and all, the second is called a 'senryu'. It basically follows the same formula, but doesn't have a seasonal reference.
• Date: 01/25/2009
• Tags: blossoms senryu fake cherryblossom haiku

甘い過ぎる偽の桜も散りぬるか？
Amai sugiru nise no sakura mo chirinuru ka?
Do those sickly-sweet false cherry blossoms fall and fade too?
Note: There's a tree that looks just like a cherry blossom tree, but the petals are bright sweet pink. These petals seem to last longer.

俳句など、まったく要らない。紙の無駄。
Haiku nado, mattaku iranai. Kami no muda.
I have no need for things like haiku. A waste of paper.

Comments

[Kinetic Kitsune]

Really great poems you've written here. Is Japanese your native language? Regardless I really liked the complex imagery evoked in the Haiku.