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Monthly Archives: July 2017

Hurano-jinja

31 Monday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in art, Arts, Community, History, Poetry, Religion, Writing

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Cherry Blossom, Hurano-jinja, Kazan

(Photo by Brian Adler: Wikipedia)

 

The cherry blossom

began in Kazan’s reign* and

his mausoleum

marks the resting place of one

who preferred to be a monk.

 

  • Emperoro Kazan

Tennō Kazan detail.jpg

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Matsunoo-taisha

31 Monday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in Community, History, Literature, Poetry, Religion, Writing

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Kinpaku, Matsunoo-taisha, miso, sake

Matsuo Taisha honden2.jpg

(Wikimedia C Commons; photo by

KENPEI, Aug, 2010)

 

Where the turtle bathed

beneath the waterfall shrine,

makers of miso,

sake, pray for a blessing:

Kinpaku’s gold* gives them hope.

 

  • a drink with gold flakes in it.

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Shimogamo Shrine

31 Monday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in Architecture, Community, mythology, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Writing

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bussokusekika, god of fire, god of thunder, Shimogamo, Tamayori-hime

Shimogamo 01.jpg

(photo by Mojo; uploaded under GNU FDL:

Wikipedia)

 

Tamayori-hime*

and the gods of fire, thunder,

dwell in the forest

where all lies will be exposed;

not all trees destroyed.

 

  • daughter of the sea-dragon god

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Iwashimizu Hachiman

30 Sunday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in Arts, Community, History, mythology, Poetry, Religion, Social Comment, Writing

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bussokusekika, Gyoko, heihaku, Iwashimizu Hachiman, Kamakura, kami, Kyoto

IwashimizuHachimangu.jpg

Wikipedia: source

 

 

Gyoko, the monk,

said that Hachiman wanted

to guard Kyoto.

Heihaku* told the kami**

Kamakura*** news and views.

 

  • Imperial messengers
  • ** spirits
  • *** early political centre of Japan.

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Japan’s Twenty Two Shrines

29 Saturday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in art, Arts, History, Literature, mythology, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Writing

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Amaterasu, boussokusekika, Ise Jingu, Japan, Sacred Mirror, shrine

I understand that there are three levels of shrines:

Upper/ First Rank : 7 examples

Middle : 7

Lower : 7 (plus 1)

 

I am going to go through each shrine and try to write a boussokusekika

for each.  5,7,5,7,7,7 syllable pattern.

Here goes:

 

Ise Jingu

Naiku 04.jpg

(Photo by N yotarou, 2008)

 

Amaterasu,

here is your Sacred Mirror;

it reflects the truth:

though damaged by fire, its ash

was used to make it anew.

 

The goddess Amaterasu emerging from a cave.

 

 

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Root Oot

27 Thursday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in Celebrities, Media, News, Sport, Writing

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Captain English cricket team, Joe Root, Oval cricket

JOE ROOT (11704977673).jpg

Photo by Naparazzi, Jan 2014;  (Wikipedia)

 

 

Poor Joe Root,

he got a ‘peach’ and now he’s oot.

Someone’s * tweeted he’s not the ticket

and will be the shortest reigned captain in English cricket.

 

  • someone called Adrian Murray ?? on Twitter

Might not be true – he (Joe) may redeem himself yet.

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Buddhapada

26 Wednesday Jul 2017

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Bo-Tree, boussokusekika, Buddhapada, Shakyamuni

 

Shakyamuni prints,

wept over by a woman,

were then petrified.

On each toe, a conch proclaims

post-Enlightenment wisdom

from the Bo-Tree, to the world.

 

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Today’s Tanka

25 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in Environment, History, Nature, Poetry, Writing

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flint, Shard, tanka

Related image

(Photo from herboyves@blogspot.com)

 

 

A blue and white flint,

embedded in the chalk soil:

perhaps pottery;

carelessly shattered vessel;

shard from Life’s jigsaw?

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Attraction

24 Monday Jul 2017

Posted by Candia in Arts, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Relationships, Summer, Writing

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attraction, Buddleia, bussokusekika, butterfly

White buddleia closeup.jpg

 

You, white Buddleia,

are a butterfly magnet;

generous hostess.

How do they all know to come?

What attracted me to you?

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Teasles

24 Monday Jul 2017

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bussokusekika, Goldfinch, teasles

Another bussokusekika:

 

Dipsacus fullonum flowerhead

(Photo by Renardeau, Ardenne, 2005)

 

TEASLES

 

Today the teasles

were pale green and soft lilac,

swaying in a breeze,

but, in a few months, Goldfinch

will eat brown seeds all winter.

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My name is Candia. Its initial consonant alliterates with “cow” and there are connotations with the adjective “candid.” I started writing this blog in the summer of 2012 and focused on satire at the start.

Interspersed was ironic news comment, reviews and poetry.

Over the years I have won some international poetry competitions and have published in reputable small presses, as well as reviewing and reading alongside well- established poets. I wrote under my own name then, but Candia has taken me over as an online persona. Having brought out a serious anthology last year called 'Its Own Place' which features poetry of an epiphanal nature, I was able to take part in an Arts and Spirituality series of lectures in Winchester in 2016.

Lately I have been experimenting with boussekusekeika, sestinas, rhyme royale, villanelles and other forms. I am exploring Japanese themes at the moment, my interest having been re-ignited by the recent re-evaluations of Hokusai.

Thank you to all my committed followers whose loyalty has encouraged me to keep writing. It has been exciting to meet some of you in the flesh- in venues as far flung as Melbourne and Sydney!

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