Temptation

shimmering droplets
clear as vodka and tonic
over icy rocks
tempting me to quench my thirst
at a mountain waterfall

Kim M. Russell, 2016

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My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #92 Hamish Managua Gunn’s ‘the temptation’

In this episode, Chèvrefeuille has shared poetry by the runner-up of the ‘tribute to Jane’ kukai, Hamish Managua Gunn. This is the haiku that earned him runner-up status:

the temptation
at the chalk cliff top
I throw a rose

© Hamish Managua Gunn

Chèvrefeuille says that, with this haiku, he not only gave tribute to Jane Reichhold, but he also honoured her for her choice. Hamish’s most recent post was published on his Tumblr Forest Bathing:

Since we bowed in Sayonara the last time I took you to the airport, there have been so many sunrises and sunsets I have forgotten which is which.
“Do not count the falling leaves,” you once told me, in your hushed voice. “What is important is that you let the tree grow big and strong.”

your origami Torrii Gate
I place at the top of the Christmas tree
and leave the forest
with the sun that always rises
and the stars, that you see too

© Hamish Managua Gunn

Chèvrefeuille found another tanka written by Hamish, which he says is one of his favourites, maybe because it refers to Matsuo Basho:

Basho and I
share the same moon
and the same joy
of words about nature
I know – Basho taught me

© Hamish Managua Gunn