Spring Haiku 2008: aware

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

aware
after giving blood
plum blossom rain

jem said...: I like this, its unusual and striking and promotes further thought.; February 27, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Anonymous said...: .

Hi Josh,

That's a really good play on words with 'aware'.

"aware": Japanese aesthetic term that suggests a fleeting or impermanent nature of things.

.; February 27, 2008 at 5:26 PM
josh said...: Thanks Jem.

Alan,
I'm glad you picked up on the pun. I'd hoped that it wasn't too "in your face". I understand aware to also mean the ability of an object, event or scene to stimulate emotion, particularly of sadness or regret. Used in this sense by Basho in the phrase mono no aware: 'the touchingness of things'.

Thanks Alan!; February 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM