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. | Id | Haijin | Stanzas | Season | Kigo | Link | Theme:
Preparation | |
. | 1 | /mv | Hazy sunlight —
a cloud of lapwings
practicing. | Autumn | Lapwings preparing to fly south | To 6: Dark sky | Practicing to fly south | |
. | 2 | /vs | After school at the piano...
thoughts of other places. | No Season | n/a | To 1: Other places | Practicing piano | |
. | 3 | /mv | Rattling shutters —
Checking the condition
of my sweaters. | Autumn | Storm season | To 2: Sounds (Piano / Shutters) | Checking sweaters for winter | |
. | 4 | /vs | The graying hare
hops into a willow thicket —
overcast day. | Autumn | Graying hare | To 3: Sweater / Fur | Turning white for winter camouflage | |
. | 5 | /mv | A kid's shoe with a carrot
sitting near the fireplace. | Autumn | Prep. for Sinterklaas | To 4: Hare / Carrot | Putting out shoes for Sinterklaas' coming | |
. | 6 | /vs | A grizzly lingers
in a patch of rose hips —
darkening sky. | Autumn | Bear eating rose hips | To 5: Veggie | Bulking up for winter | |
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. | Technical Notes: | | | | | | | |
. | There is a balance between the number of verses that are nature-related (1, 4, & 6) and those that are human-related (2, 3, & 5). | | | | | | | |
. | 2. The link to verse 1 is 'other places'. For the lapwings it is the other places they will be flying to, for the child practicing piano it could be two things: (a) he/she would rather being doing something else in some other place, like playing outside or in his/her room; (b) the music being practiced conjures up far-away places (Oriental, Country, European, etc). | | | | | | | |
. | 5. In Dutch tradition Saint Nicolaas, or more popularly Sinterklaas, arrives in late November. He rides a white horse and, helped by his black assistants, brings children small presents, which are supposedly delivered through the chimney and put in the kids' shoes. That's why these shoes are usually waiting near the fireplace (or near a radiator, nowadays), often with some hay or a carrot in it for Sinterklaas' horse. This continues till December 5th, when Sinterklaas brings the bigger presents, after which he immediately departs again. Santa Claus, as known elsewhere in the world, is a modern spin off of this old European tradition. | | | | | | | |
. | 6. Black bears and grizzlies eat rose hips in the fall. The link with v.5 is 'Carrot' with 'Rose hip', but also the image of a veggie within something. In verse 5 the carrot is within the shoe, in verse 6 the rose hips are being put inside the bear. | | | | | | | |
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