tea ceremony
a plum blossom drifts
into my cup
First Place, 2018 Australian Haiku Society Spring Haiga Kukai
Lucy Whitehead
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
茶會
一朵梅花飄進
我的杯子裡
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
茶会
一朵梅花飘进
我的杯子里
Bio Sketch
Lucy Whitehead's haiku have been published in journals such as Akitsu Quarterly, Blithe Spirit, Cattails, Chrysanthemum, Frogpond, hedgerow, The Heron's Nest, Otata, and Under the Basho and they appear in two anthologies. She received first place in the Australian Haiku Society Spring 2018 Haiga Kukai. Her Twitter handle is @blueirispoetry.
Enhanced by a symbolically rich juxtaposition of tea ceremony and a plum blossom, a moment of calm beauty is keenly captured in this shasei haiku about tea ceremony which "ultimate aim is the attainment of deep spiritual satisfaction through the drinking of tea and through silent contemplation."
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