Monkeys
.
.
……Monkeys on a rock
.
…………By the swirling river -
.
………………Screams from the boat.
.
Can you imagine the scene described in my recent haiku, composed at Ochiai by the Hozu Gorge? 保津峡の落合で最近に詠んだ句のイメージを想像できますか。There are several ways the poem could be interpreted. いくつかのとらえ方があると思う。Leave your interpretation as a comment, please. コメントとしてご自分の解釈を残してください(contributorではなくても出来ます)。Let’s see how many we get … どのぐらいの解釈が可能のでしょうか。
March 28, 2008 at 10:17 am
the screams are from a group of poets having a haiku moment
March 28, 2008 at 11:13 pm
I guess the monkeys were a bit hungry. sorry poets… and the empty boat drifts on.
March 28, 2008 at 11:56 pm
both monkeys and poets are ice creaming! amato
March 31, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Any more theories? Couldn’t it be the monkeys that are screaming?
April 2, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I think ’soft creaming’ because it is swirling.
May 3, 2008 at 8:11 am
the monkeys are jumping playing swirling on the rock by the river; very lively scene; those in the boat are screaming — mirroring the screaming of the monkies themselves — with a similar excitement — it’s not a fearful screaming — rather screams of joy in the moment.
May 26, 2008 at 12:23 pm
The excitement of the occupants of the boat as they swirl
in the river is juxtaposed against the staid monkeys secure
on their rock. The reverse of our usual concept of the relationship
between men and monkeys?