RTTS-04 The Storm, Now Over

The Storm, Now Over

Rengay Through the Seasons by Masago & Friends

A Rengay by Karina Klesko (kk), and Vaughn Seward (vs); Rengay #4, Sep 23-29, 2007

Haijin

Stanzas

Season

Kigo

Link

Theme 1:
Clinging

Theme 2:
Red / Black

/kk

Autumn afternoon —
rose petals cling
to the cemetery gate.

Autumn

Autumn afternoon

To 6: Gate / Hinge

Petals to the gate

Red Rose

/vs

Embracing at the door...
an ebony hair on his shirt.

No Season

n/a

To 1: Gate / Door

Hair to shirt

Black hair

/kk

Harvest moon —
red acrylic fingernails
open old love letters.

Autumn

Harvest moon

To 2: Embracing / Love letters

Heart to memories

Red fingernails

/vs

A ladybug
holds tight to a twig —
cool wind.

No Season

n/a

To 3: Red fingernail / Lady bug

Ladybug to a twig

Red lady bug

/kk

Late night fishing —
black-skirted spinnerbait.

No Season

n/a

To 4: Lady / Skirt

Water to the fishing lure

Black night

/vs

Harbour lights —
the squeak of a rusty hinge
hangs in the air.

No Season

n/a

To 5: Harbour / Fishing; and Night / Lights

Squeaky sound in the air

Red rust

Technical Notes:

After the second verse the theme of "clinging" was chosen and later we noticed a Red/Black secondary theme developing. It turned out that the Red's matched the 3-line haiku and the black matched with the 2-line haiku.

5. The spinnerbait is a type of fishing lure with one or more metal blades that are shaped to spin like a propeller. This creates varying degrees of flash and vibration and mimics the movement of a small fish. Water clings to the lure as it is pulled out unless of course it has a fish has been caught in which case the fish clings to the hook. :-)

The title of "The Storm, Now Over" was chosen as it can be applied to each verse and, in a way, creates a third, hidden theme of its own.