Lonely crowds

June 11, 2019

Lonely crowds

A troiku inspired by a haiku of Matsuo Basho, guided by Chèvrefeuille of CDHK:

people in the world
hardly notice these blossoms
chestnuts by the eaves

© Basho (Tr. Tim Chilcott)

people in the world

Ah! looking through one another

Lonely crowds

hardly notice these blossoms

the lovely fragrance of individuality

painted with the same brush

chestnuts by the eaves

quietly observe the rush of humans

nut's eye view

© Nimi Arora

(Ok, I realize I have gone a little crazy on this one. Crazier than usual, that is. The haiku by Basho is about people not observing the random beauty of nature that they are surrounded by. I made it all about people not 'seeing' one another, and then ended with chestnuts seeing us from their elevated viewpoint)