tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post7744839598763746496..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Beach Storm Haiku by Neal WhitmanChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-63131380076910710152013-11-24T17:15:54.607-05:002013-11-24T17:15:54.607-05:00This haiku demonstrates that our conception of sha...This haiku demonstrates that our conception of shasei need not exclude the English language's natural propensity for metaphor: in context of a beach storm, 'a sea of sagewort' shows most economically the grey-green sagewort covering the dunes and the sea's waves, their one colour in the storm light, their convergence into a pattern of storm-tossed movement that dominates the scene. The effect is cinematic rather than painterly. The small wildflower, named from the ancient Greek for star, might indeed seem like a star "when only one/ is shining in the sky." (1) As it takes the foreground in the final line, it becomes the centre, the focus that composes sea, sagewort and storm – a small miracle. <br /><br />Lorin Ford, Book Review: Blyth's Spirit by Neal Whitman, A Hundred Gourds, 1:2, March 2012Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-10290885024118107152013-11-24T17:06:34.697-05:002013-11-24T17:06:34.697-05:00The visually and emotionally effective jux. of two...The visually and emotionally effective jux. of two contrastive images reveals the power, negative and positive, of nature.<br /><br />The unexpected yet powerful L3 makes a successful shift in imagery and tone.<br /><br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com