I had no idea of this tradition, thank you for sharing this. The fact that magpies get to play intermediators and represent something positive for once is amazing. Or is it even possible that magpies bring lovers together? Love your poem, the repetitive themes keep going and coming full circle.
Thanks, Pilgrim. Yeah magpies get a bad rap. It’s interesting, the cultural thing, how sometimes what is negative in one culture is the opposite in another, and vice versa! Hey thanks also for the mention in your note! Synchronicity indeed.
Beautiful haiku verses and traditions to read. I really like the repetitive line inside the haiku.
Magpies are often in our backyard. For several years we had a pair of magpies that would wander the yard. During the extreme temperatures of our summer I'd leave buckets of water for them…(they don't mind playing in the water before drinking). In the following years along came their babies. It was great to see this family over the years. I know they can be dangerous when threatened. When left alone those magpies are super special and messengers. Irony that western culture sees them as "bad omens"… I'll stick with the eastern perceptions of all the beauty and goodness they bring.
Thanks so much, Darlene. Wonderful story. We don't see magpies out on the west coast of Canada where I am, so I don't have any direct experience with them, just through art and folklore. Yes, the east in its traditions does tend more to appreciate the natural world rather than fear it.
I had no idea of this tradition, thank you for sharing this. The fact that magpies get to play intermediators and represent something positive for once is amazing. Or is it even possible that magpies bring lovers together? Love your poem, the repetitive themes keep going and coming full circle.
Thanks, Pilgrim. Yeah magpies get a bad rap. It’s interesting, the cultural thing, how sometimes what is negative in one culture is the opposite in another, and vice versa! Hey thanks also for the mention in your note! Synchronicity indeed.
I know right! Thank you too!
I always do my tanabata with colorful papers
with my deepest heart s power
Cool!
This is not bad! I like them. The language shows some poetic uniqueness. Good job.
Appreciate it,Luis!
Just lovely…
:-)
When magpies are involved there is often magic afoot:)
That's certainly been my sense!
Beautiful haiku verses and traditions to read. I really like the repetitive line inside the haiku.
Magpies are often in our backyard. For several years we had a pair of magpies that would wander the yard. During the extreme temperatures of our summer I'd leave buckets of water for them…(they don't mind playing in the water before drinking). In the following years along came their babies. It was great to see this family over the years. I know they can be dangerous when threatened. When left alone those magpies are super special and messengers. Irony that western culture sees them as "bad omens"… I'll stick with the eastern perceptions of all the beauty and goodness they bring.
Thanks so much, Darlene. Wonderful story. We don't see magpies out on the west coast of Canada where I am, so I don't have any direct experience with them, just through art and folklore. Yes, the east in its traditions does tend more to appreciate the natural world rather than fear it.