Nicholas Klacsanzky discovers forsythia while walking with Santōka Taneda

the suns  

we haven’t discovered...  

forsythia

Nicholas Klacsanzky

“I am keen on science and physics in particular. I think there is a vast universe out there that we have barely understood and touched. Yet, on our small planet, there is a huge world of the unknown and undiscovered, even on our block. The beauty of forsythia blossoms, in their yellow hue, is something that people may overlook on their walk to work, for example. The macro and micro are always interacting in various ways.”

Nicholas chooses Santōka Taneda:

Wordlessly I put on today's straw sandals

Taneda Santoka

translated by Hiroaki Sato

Nicholas says:

“This haiku brings me into meditation and the life of Santoka immediately. It also gives me a sense of reverence for the straw that is fitted to be used as sandals. This in turn gives me a sense of respect for everything around that I use and is given by way of nature.”

Favorite quote from Waiting for Godot:

“To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.”

Favorite quote from Withnail and I:

Danny: "I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into your brain! This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight."

Alan note:

Santōka Taneda (1882-1940) 

One of the most famous and influential haiku poets of twentieth century Japan:

https://www.chzc.org/Nonin.htm

種田 山頭火 Taneda Santōka, December 3, 1882 - October 11, 1940

Birth name: Taneda Shōichi (種田 正一)

Buddhist monk name: Kōho (耕畝)

Straw sandals wear out quickly, and pilgrims generally carry several pairs with them. Santōka pondered various kōans as he walked along, and on this particular occasion he felt especially resolute as he put on a fresh pair of sandals.

From Robin D. Gill

http://paraverse.org/robin.htm

http://www.paraverse.org/newyear.htm

http://www.paraverse.org/fifthdescription.htm

http://www.paraverse.org/fifthcoverback.htm

http://www.paraverse.org/orders.htm

https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Season-Poems-Re-create-World/dp/0974261890

Santoka :: Grass and Tree Cairn

translations: Hiroaki Sato illustrations: Stephen Addiss

Back Cover Illustration by Kuniharu Shimizu

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/e329a1f18efa6d99f4742f75c263348e.pdf 

More about:

Nicholas Klacsanzky

https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/376-k-poets/klacsanzky,-nicholas.html

https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nicholas_klacsanzky

https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/about/