Haiku #5: マイ・セカイ

The concept for this haiku has been in my head for a month, and I started to think about it more when I was feeling displaced.

There’s another double entendre in this one. While kasei is a reading of flowers and stars (花星), kasei is also the word for Mars (火星) and change (化成).

Mai Sekai, or the World As I See It

花星だけ

踊る自由に

回る月

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Kasei dake

Odoru jiyuu ni

Mawaru tsuki

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Only stars and flowers

To dance with liberty and

a revolving moon.

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