The last of the May Tan Renga Challenge month. A haiku is used as an inspiration for a two stanza response. When a haiku is used in this way is is named a hokku.
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
Nice contrast here, also first line goes so smoothly, second one - brings the surprising revelation for readers ~ very cool!
ReplyDeleteThank you, nothing like a little surprise ending!
DeleteOh, I love this "river mouth"...I wanted to bring in a river but did not how to word it...you did it so beautifully, my dear!
ReplyDeleteI cheated, as usual. Went on line and read about bay activity in spring time. And there is where the river mouth came to mind.
DeleteThat's not cheating Janice, it's excellent research! I too rather enjoyed this a lot!
ReplyDeleteOk, so it is learning and allowing other input! Glad you rather enjoyed this one .. a lot!
DeleteI agree with Humbird's thoughts on this..very well done Janice:)
ReplyDeleteI was not even thinking of it as a surprise ending, just writing about Nature's events. Thanks for the kind comment.
DeleteExcellent continuation Janice
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