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Today we went to
see the Basho Museum
haiku update
The car ride is long
together we read books
and guides on Basho
Wandering poet,
in the 1600s
Basho wrote haiku
Now we too wander
Basho trecked for months; I think
six hours seems long
At the gas station
"Mantanni, onigaii, ne?" *
They wipe the windows
*fill up the tank
We park in the lot
before the museum; in
the handicapped spot.
a statue stands
of Basho and a follower
we take some pictures
Elegant in ink
Caligraphy poems on walls
what do they all say?
Armor in cases
She stops to pose again
our cameras click
Steve asks another
man at the museum for
directions to lunch
On to lunch we walk
through bamboo, maple and stone
peaceful wooded path
Maple all around
it will be lovely in fall
when the colors change
Onigiri and
little bowls of soup and veg
lunch is delicious
Green tea in sunlight
We drink it, greatfully, from
Pottery dishes
My camera dies
Alas, no temple pictures
Leah will take some
Basho once walked here
he wrote, prayed at this temple
six hundred years old
Return to the van
a second museum now
for a Print artist
Hiroshigi Blue
they call him; he did the wave
very famous print
blues and reds; amazing
on paper so fragile, old
beautiful contrasts
Omiyage* shop!
We all buy cards and posters
color for our walls
Otawara now?
But Steve, we had plans at four
I guess we will be late
Moss covered stone walls
we weave through them in green hills
Is Steve lost again?
"Those didn't sound like-
good sounds for the van." she says
Will we make it home?
Back at the lot, we
say goodbyes, with hugs and waves
adventure ended
 Toqui · Sun Oct 01, 2006 @ 10:52pm · 0 Comments |
