Haiku by Casimiro de Brito. Artwork by myself.
I was not a swimmer at all, but after I moved to Hawaii, swimming came very naturally to me, I even became enthusiastic about it. In college years, I used to ride bicycle to and from the campus, and often I made a bit long way to Ala Moana Beach to swim. That was when I learned to swim long distance, like a mile. A happy young swimmer in a paradise.
I was also constantly jogging up and down hill of Nuuanu Valley, along the Pali Highway. If the Ironman Triathlon Hawaii was there then, I would have seriously considered participating.
Now, I regularly go to an indoor swimming pool in my town. It's like I have been swimming good part of my life. A happy old swimmer now. When I pass away, I will be swimming for a while in the River of Heaven, or Milky Way, until I find a pool in a mother's womb.
Gentle swell of sea,
I just let my body
float and rock
7 comments:
I love the haiga!
Your own haiku just shows you don't have to be a good swimmer to enjoy the sea when it's kind to us.
Alan
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Nice reading the note and haiga, Kuni-san :)
yes, now i remember...the art work reminds of the first haiga by Casimiro i read ..."all of earth children fighting for a balloon" --war anothology i guess, (i was trying to recall the other day; but couldn't)
On a side-note...chaos is a good place for creativity, it is said- i am not sure if you would agree,
wishes,
devika
*anthology
the haiga i think i mis-worded...there's chaos in that too - i remember, but can't get it right :)
wishes,
devika
Chaos means not a void but existence of unorganized things, numerous things. Creative minds can put some of the things together and make something structured like a work of art.
You're right, Alan san.
But after a long swim, doing like in my haiku is even better.
okay and yes, Kuni-san ....work of art as a structured thing out of chaos - but once done there's a void...and that's a beautiful experience too - until another choas sets in - the chaos, as opposed to common thought, must be worthwhile experience from the artists' perspective,
war, calamities, etc can be seen so as well, though there's a sad part in that...ironically they often bring out the best works for humanity -
in that sense -- i think Casimiro's first haiga was so much of a criticism on the war and peace concept :)
wishes,
devika
"then chaos, as opposed to common thought, must be worthwhile experience....
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