A gogyohka sequence for Frank Tassone’s weekly challenge
in the field
a tattered man
of sticks and rags
silent stands beneath a sky
heavy with crows
heavy clay the orange earth
and sky grey
slicked with orange light
furrowed field full of crows
no bundle of sticks will scare
I watch you
with your helpless hands
and sightless face
that feels neither sun nor rain
scorned even by the birds
Oh, that last line!
Life is even tough for the inanimate in this world 🙂
Enjoyed reading this one SO much Jane, and loved the pic too.
Thank you! Very few people dislike that painting 🙂
One of my favorite paintings…definitely heavy with crows. (K)
It’s a tremendous painting, so bright but so full of foreboding, like the bright sunlight that slants through storm clouds.
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#Haiku Happenings #1 (10/21/19): Jane Dougherty’s latest #gogyohka sequence for my current #haikai challenge!
Thank you, Frank 🙂
My pleasure, Jane! 😇
🙂
So sad especially the last verse.💜
I don’t know that it’s sad. A scarecrow isn’t animate after all 🙂
Nothing is inanimate to me , honest💜
It’s your American Indian blood, I suppose 🙂
Lol well if it is, it’s news to me that I had some 🦇💜
Not very likely maybe, but you never know…
Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I like your suggestion that crows are not scared by our stick figures…they are very smart birds.
They are. If it doesn’t move for a while they know it’s not human.
I imagined they would figure it out 🙂
Pretty quickly.
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Excellent take. If it can bring such feelings in you, it’s not inanimate. I believe in animism.