Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #38 A Trip Along Memory Lane #1 Carpe Diem Special How happy! Bathing in the tub full to overflowing The above one line poem by Sumitaku Kenshin (1961-1987) really sent me down memory lane. Until I was a teenager my family lived on a farm. The year Sumitaku Kenshin was born, my family moved "in town". That move brought us into a new age, indoor plumbing. Until that time there was a galvanized tub for baths and a path for other bodily necessities. Baths were taken on the screened in back porch during the summer months. There would be 3 to 4 inches of water in the tub. Water drawn from the well just outside the house. Some of the water would be heated in the teakettle on the stove in the kitchen. Youngest child would bath first. Then up through the ages of the children. Daddy was always the last. In the same 3 to 4 inches of water. Once baths were done, the tub was overturned and the porch scrubbed. Cause water was is
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteNature's lust... YAM xx
Well, the prompt encouraged mystery and depth. 'Fraid there was not much mystery to this one. janice xx
DeleteChapeau Janice, what a wonderful tanka ... and there is a kind of sensuality hidden in it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kristjaan. My touch is not as delicate as are yours. Am working harder on the subtle approach.
DeleteYes, very sensual!
DeleteYes, it was an attempt to push my comfort zone with the poetry and prose.
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