Leaf 277 – Senryu (or witty, tom-foolery)
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Spirited Away (2001) Studio Ghibli
‘Haiku Moments,’ as they are commonly
referred to, often seem to come to me when I am travelling. In the past, this
was always a problem if you didn’t have a notebook with you, or some other
means of scribbling it down. Nowadays, of course, I usually have my mobile
phone with me and so can note it down fairly quickly. However, I can recall
many times in the past (during the “pre-mobile phone” era) when a haiku has
presented itself to me and I’ve tried to remember it and write it down later
on, only to find I’ve lost it somewhere in the inaccessible recesses of my
mind. Hence, this poem.
Sitting on the train,
desperately trying
not to have a haiku moment.
