Larry Hammer (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
larryhammer) wrote2012-10-16 07:50 am
larryhammer) wrote2012-10-16 07:50 am
By way of an Oregon trip report
The going was excused by Sirens -- which was fun and full of thinky and some wonderful remeets (waves to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rachelmanija, kateelliott, chibicharibdys, starlady38, swan_tower, artemisgrey, jennifergale, rhinemouse, metteharrison) and defictionalizations (waves to thistleingrey, rilina, esotera). But really, the traveling was all about the Oregon coast.* Three slow days of winding US-101 and dune hikes and empty gray beaches was not enough. I did journal, but the daily haikus are more likely to convey something of the scene, however haltingly.
under the maples
a single seed whirling down --
children trudge to school
a tattered cover
flutters in the restless breeze:
reading in the park
footprints in the sand --
off in the moss-covered pines
a bird croaks once, twice
shiranami wa
hisoi hiroi hama e
kuru ya kuru
on the empty beach,
sounds of continual surf
a plover piping
one wave
rides piggyback
on another
gray fog fades inland
suddenly
a sparkling bay
until the next wave
Arcturus is reflected
in receding water
a long white spray
rumumumbles on black rocks --
below, train whistle
gray veils the river --
a drop of water runs off
a pale maple leaf
green grass and green moss
and green-on-green Douglas firs --
*clink* of a golf ball
pale faces in the lobby --
black crows on a wet green lawn
brown leaves plastered flat
on the wet concrete sidewalk --
cars shush in the street
* Okay, okay, and the pilgrimage to Powell's. NB: It turns out they can ship your purchases with a single price for 10–1000 books.
** Not only am I not sure whether the final line achieves the effect I'm going for, I don't know how to translate it -- which is an odd feeling to be sure. A rough rendition might be white waves / to the broad beach / coming, coming. Maybe.
---L.
rachelmanija, kateelliott, chibicharibdys, starlady38, swan_tower, artemisgrey, jennifergale, rhinemouse, metteharrison) and defictionalizations (waves to thistleingrey, rilina, esotera). But really, the traveling was all about the Oregon coast.* Three slow days of winding US-101 and dune hikes and empty gray beaches was not enough. I did journal, but the daily haikus are more likely to convey something of the scene, however haltingly. under the maples
a single seed whirling down --
children trudge to school
—Portland, 6 Oct
a tattered cover
flutters in the restless breeze:
reading in the park
—Portland, 7 Oct
and no, that's not a good haiku
footprints in the sand --
off in the moss-covered pines
a bird croaks once, twice
—Reedsport, 8 Oct
shiranami wa
kuru ya kuru
—Reedsport, 9 Oct**
on the empty beach,
sounds of continual surf
a plover piping
—Reedsport, 9 Oct
one wave
rides piggyback
on another
—Depoe Bay, 9 Oct
gray fog fades inland
suddenly
a sparkling bay
—Netarts, 10 Oct
until the next wave
Arcturus is reflected
in receding water
—Seaside, 10 Oct
a long white spray
rumumumbles on black rocks --
below, train whistle
—Columbia Gorge, 11 Oct
gray veils the river --
a drop of water runs off
a pale maple leaf
—Skemania, 12 Oct
green grass and green moss
and green-on-green Douglas firs --
*clink* of a golf ball
—Skemania, 13 Oct
pale faces in the lobby --
black crows on a wet green lawn
—Skemania, 14 Oct
idea stolen from starlady38
brown leaves plastered flat
on the wet concrete sidewalk --
cars shush in the street
—Portland, 14 Oct
no, this one isn't good either
* Okay, okay, and the pilgrimage to Powell's. NB: It turns out they can ship your purchases with a single price for 10–1000 books.
** Not only am I not sure whether the final line achieves the effect I'm going for, I don't know how to translate it -- which is an odd feeling to be sure. A rough rendition might be white waves / to the broad beach / coming, coming. Maybe.
---L.
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I love your haiku album.
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An experiment. Also, I didn't have brain for more. Not that I always had brain for this.
---L.
beautiful <3
one wave
rides piggyback
on another
and
brown leaves plastered flat
on the wet concrete sidewalk --
cars shush in the street
Re: beautiful <3
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(Anonymous) 2012-10-17 12:26 am (UTC)(link)Not to be a nitpicker, but is "hisoi hama e" a typo or some avant-garde technique? --Matt
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But hisoi is of course a tyop for hiroi (広い) -- a headdeskingly stupid one. What I get for traveling without a jiten.
---L.
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It was, indeed, good seeing you again, even if we didn't get to talk much.
---L.
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Next year! By then I'll hopefully read your new book. Also, you really should do a presentation about There's a Monster at the End of the Book, since Monsters is making a comeback.
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These haiku are great. I think the Japanese one works - I'd have to pull Knut my particle cheat sheet, but it makes sense to me without translating it.
It was great to see you!
Pound or Williams, either works
Coo, on the Japanese. (In case it's not obvious, here shiranami is written 白浪 not 白波.) (And in checking my spelling, I discover the existence of 白浪物, heh.)
---L.
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I can't find "hisoi" in my dictionary, anyway.
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These are lovely.
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