Bindii are a group of South Australian poets who write Japanese genre poetry in English.
November Challenge 1 confectionary
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Confectionary, delicacies of all sorts, sweet to the taste. Any Japanese genre poetry acceptable. South Australian regional delicacies may tempt a special mention.
In Australia in April we are deepening into autumn. In Adelaide it is still warm weather. The quinces are ripening on the trees, the shops full of the harvest of summer fruits. Autumn foliage is beginning to appear on the exotic European trees we have planted along our streets. Shops are filling with warm clothes for winter. The car race and the Fringe and Adelaide Festivals have finished bringing to an end the rush of Mad March. The blocked traffic is now flowing freely once more, interstate and international visitors have flown away. In Japan the cherry blossom season should have reached Kyoto. Challenge: customs of autumn or flowers of spring. Senryu, haiku, tanka. Please use your imagination.
Any Japanese poetry genre: haiku, senryu, tanka etc. 1. I nspiration through nature, looking forward to spring, and witnessing the early signs of spring 2. Sport (plenty of inspiration with the Olympic games on at the moment)
There will only be two challenges for February. A multiple range of topics is given in this challenge. home, origin, history, memories of past times, our lifestyle, our lives now, our lives in the future. Work in any Japanese genre poetry is acceptable.
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ReplyDelete'Happy Birthd…'
ReplyDeleteon the candled cake
'a' and 'y'
are in the smug fist
of the two year old
sweet things:
kisses from my granddaughter
and my sticky cheek
melting down the cone
'why is my ice-cream dying?'
says the two year old
the black jelly beans
ReplyDeletealways went first
our achievements
recall the sweet taste
of our student days
blowing bubbles
ReplyDeletewith coloured chewing gum
fun for just one penny
Haigh's chocolates
ReplyDeletewithin my reach
salary increase
the childhood aroma
ReplyDeleteof red indian
stuck to my mouth
the simple adult pleasures
difficult to admit in full
at the corner shop
ReplyDeletebuying Mum's cigarettes
above my head
colourful longing
in the lolly jars