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bamboo rhythm

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the shishi-odoshi, literally means "dear (or boar) scarer".

bamboo pipes heaving raindrops breaking silence against stone deer runs off

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 5/30/2025 4:33:00 PM

Hello Vanya Evaangeline, yes aq deer would run pff when hearing a loud noise. Enjoy your evening my friend. /Darlene/

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 5/31/2025 8:33:00 AM

Hello Vanya, It is used for driving away pest! i learned something today. it5 is used for calming meditation. Now that is interesting. blessings my friend. /Darlene/

Vanya Evangeline
Date: 5/30/2025 11:39:00 PM

Thanks Darlene. I thought it was interesting that bamboo implements tend to be associated with calming meditation, even though it used to be for driving away pests.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/26/2025 8:57:00 PM

Here I am again. I had been commenting to this one not even realizing it was in my contest. Congrats for your win

Vanya Evangeline
Date: 5/27/2025 1:58:00 AM

Thank you, Andrea! It was a fun contest (I just realized I haven't wrote a haiku prior to that)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/26/2025 12:21:00 PM

Interesting about literal meaning if the process with bamboo!

Len Gasun

Date: 5/17/2025 10:11:00 AM

Gorgeous haiku my dear poet friend Vanya. I love it and so enjoyed. Thanks a lot for sharing. Sorry for the late expression of gratitude for mmy win in your contest and reading one of my poems. God bless you always and your poetic talent. Hugs

Vanya Evangeline
Date: 5/26/2025 5:47:00 AM

Thanks a lot, Len!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/13/2025 3:42:00 PM

Nice one!

Vanya Evangeline
Date: 5/16/2025 3:55:00 AM

Thanks so much, Andrea!

Arthur Vaso

Date: 5/10/2025 11:57:00 PM

Beautiful!

Vanya Evangeline
Date: 5/16/2025 3:55:00 AM

Thank you!