RTTS-07 Tinkle of an Erring

Tinkle of an Earring

Rengay Through the Seasons by Masago & Friends

Rengay #7, Oct 14-20, 2007 - by Vaughn Seward (vs)

Haijin

Stanzas

Season

Kigo

Link

Theme:
Unintended Outcomes

/vs

Autumn lawn...
more leaf-mulching than
grass-cutting.

Autumn

Autumn lawn

To 6: Grass / Wheat

Mulching instead of cutting

/vs

National Geographic —
she clips pictures for school.

No season

n/a

To 1: Cutting / Clipping

Holes in the magazine

/vs

Grandma blinks
for the fourth straight time —
family portrait.

No season

n/a

To 2: Pictures / Portrait

Blinking on the photo

/vs

A young man
across the table... a speck
in her eye.

No season

n/a

To 3: Blinking

Flirtatious "wink"

/vs

Vacuuming some crumbs —
the tinkle of an earring.

No season

n/a

To 4: Speck / Crumb

Earring vacuumed

/vs

Harvest hail —
mice in the wheat field
head for cover.

Autumn

Harvest

To 5: Crumbs / Food

Harvest damage;
Benefit to the mice

Technical Notes:

1. This first verse was selected as the 64th entry in the World Haiku showcase:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCshowcase/message/73

2. Although the girl intended on cutting out pictures from the magazine, it is unlikely she was fully intending on ruining her Dad's magazine. To her, it was just another magazine, no different that the ones they used at school for cutting out pictures.

4. The idea here is that the young woman gets a speck in her eye which the young man interprets as a flirtatious wink.

6. At first the hail chases the mice to take cover, but later it turns out to be a possible benefit as the damaged wheat may not get harvested and could be left for the mice to eat during the coming winter.