October Themes
It looks like we've had a second default in a row, so sorry to have kept you waiting! Without further ado, here is our pinch hit set for October by lucathia_rykatu!
1. must I lie in this bed alone?
2. treading through the crimson leaves
3. spanned by the flight of magpies
4. friends or strangers - all must meet
5. let the winds of heaven blow through
6. like the river's quiet deeps
7. yet the year has passed away
8. even though it costs my life
9. until the moon of daybreak
10. the wild one, the destroyer
11. not meant for me alone
12. the sky is the road home
13. out of despair at a callous world
14. who is to blame for this secret disarray
15. perhaps it is the thought of prying eyes
16. scattered like restless thoughts
17. none are left who know me
18. the depths of the hearts
19. oh how pitiful that is
20. but it is too much to bear
21. sleeves wet with tears
22. surely there is none who will speak a pitying word
23. remembering what has been
24. the sight of the morning's coming light
25. the emptiness of that night
26. its sound is stilled, yet in name it ever flows
27. better to have slept carefree, than to keep vain watch
28. the guards are never fooled
29. to say goodbye forever
30. worse than hate and misery
31. in noisy arrogance
The above themes are snatches from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, a series of 100 poems by 100 different poets. The poems are all waka (now called tanka) which are five-line poems of 31 syllables, and were used as court poetry in Japan. Most of the themes are from the MacCauley translation while some are from other translations of the poems.
1. Poem #3
2. Poem #5
3. Poem #6
4. Poem #10
5. Poem #12
6. Poem #13
7. Poem #75
8. Poem #20
9. Poem #21
10. Poem #22
11. Poem #23
12. Poem #93
13. Poem #8
14. Poem #14
15. Poem #18
16. Poem #33
17. Poem #34
18. Poem #35
19. Poem #38
20. Poem #39
21. Poem #42
22. Poem #45
23. Poem #48
24. Poem #52
25. Poem #53
26. Poem #55
27. Poem #59
28. Poem #62
29. Poem #63
30. Poem #65
31. Poem #72
sweetly_beth, you're on deck for the November themes! :)
Additionally, anyone who'd like to make a new pinch hit set to fill the next unscheduled gap in our schedule, please feel free to send me a message. It's always good to be prepared!
1. must I lie in this bed alone?
2. treading through the crimson leaves
3. spanned by the flight of magpies
4. friends or strangers - all must meet
5. let the winds of heaven blow through
6. like the river's quiet deeps
7. yet the year has passed away
8. even though it costs my life
9. until the moon of daybreak
10. the wild one, the destroyer
11. not meant for me alone
12. the sky is the road home
13. out of despair at a callous world
14. who is to blame for this secret disarray
15. perhaps it is the thought of prying eyes
16. scattered like restless thoughts
17. none are left who know me
18. the depths of the hearts
19. oh how pitiful that is
20. but it is too much to bear
21. sleeves wet with tears
22. surely there is none who will speak a pitying word
23. remembering what has been
24. the sight of the morning's coming light
25. the emptiness of that night
26. its sound is stilled, yet in name it ever flows
27. better to have slept carefree, than to keep vain watch
28. the guards are never fooled
29. to say goodbye forever
30. worse than hate and misery
31. in noisy arrogance
The above themes are snatches from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, a series of 100 poems by 100 different poets. The poems are all waka (now called tanka) which are five-line poems of 31 syllables, and were used as court poetry in Japan. Most of the themes are from the MacCauley translation while some are from other translations of the poems.
1. Poem #3
2. Poem #5
3. Poem #6
4. Poem #10
5. Poem #12
6. Poem #13
7. Poem #75
8. Poem #20
9. Poem #21
10. Poem #22
11. Poem #23
12. Poem #93
13. Poem #8
14. Poem #14
15. Poem #18
16. Poem #33
17. Poem #34
18. Poem #35
19. Poem #38
20. Poem #39
21. Poem #42
22. Poem #45
23. Poem #48
24. Poem #52
25. Poem #53
26. Poem #55
27. Poem #59
28. Poem #62
29. Poem #63
30. Poem #65
31. Poem #72
sweetly_beth, you're on deck for the November themes! :)
Additionally, anyone who'd like to make a new pinch hit set to fill the next unscheduled gap in our schedule, please feel free to send me a message. It's always good to be prepared!