mud’s metallic sheen
small greens pierce the ochre earth –
men in khaki, still
II. Svenja’s prompt: Haiga via The Skeptic’s Kaddish
Create a haiga by pairing a traditional haiku or senryū with a visual art form of your choice. Let the overall theme reflect the long-awaited shift from winter to spring.
All visual art forms are welcome. Be sure that the words and the artwork work together and enhance one another.
Write your haiku or senryu in three unrhymed lines with a 5–7–5 (or short-long-short) syllable pattern.
Holy shamoley, Josie! This is so poignant!~David
Thanks David. All credit to the extraordinary Paul Nash.
Well done. And beautiful
Spring from an unexpected angle that pulled me up immediately. Such a powerful Haiga, Josie.
Thank-you.
A stark contrast of words/picture to what many think of as spring… Well done Josie!
Paul Nash – like many of the WW1 poets – used ironic contrasts to great effect. The title of his painting “We are Making a New World” mocks the ambitions of the war as it depicts the sun rising on a scene of total desolation.
Thanks for the comment murisopsis
Thanks for the additional info… WWI (the war to end all wars) was a boon for artists and poets who mused on the contrast of before and after and what the future might hold…
I think they were all in a traumatised state of shock at the sheer scale of the horror of it all.
I think that’s likely true – the first use of chemical warfare caused untold suffering both from the weapons but the anxiety of thinking your equipment might fail and you’d die anyway…
‘mud’s metallic sheen’ captured me at once. Well done!
That’s how Paul Nash painted it!
On the Western Front, Spring usually meant the re-opening of hostilities and deadly Spring offensives.
Not an easy time! You haiga is beautiful!