Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor.
Yes, the strange dates didn't add up, and it had me perplexed for quite a while, strolling round the church grounds.
My second time round I just got really up and close to the gravestone and was astonished that a single petal had created a new date, as if the death date was in the future.
July 21st, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Very interesting, Alan…
July 21st, 2011 at 11:57 pm
A masterpiece! Thank you, Alan!
August 9th, 2015 at 5:59 am
Thanks Freddy! Very much appreciated.
warm regards,
Alan
July 21st, 2011 at 12:55 pm
The whole as delicate as the rain in question…..lovely, Alan.
July 21st, 2011 at 1:11 pm
A typo on a gravestone how we all wish for this at times
and the thought of petals as a form of consolation
however temporary. Just great, Alan.
May 10th, 2013 at 2:40 am
Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor.
July 21st, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Evocative! To me, it plays with our attachment to time/death/eternity.
July 21st, 2011 at 2:55 pm
she always said
she was ten years younger
July 24th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Thanks for the comments everyone! ;-)
Yes, the strange dates didn't add up, and it had me perplexed for quite a while, strolling round the church grounds.
My second time round I just got really up and close to the gravestone and was astonished that a single petal had created a new date, as if the death date was in the future.
all my best,
Alan
August 2nd, 2011 at 3:59 am
asphalt stink
the cricket’s chirr quickens
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:14 am
Wonderful haiku Alan. // Peter.
September 1st, 2011 at 7:33 pm
I love this. How you have created a lightness to a normally sad or somber subject.
September 24th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
corrigendum
newspaper apologies
about gravestone dates
September 26th, 2011 at 2:27 am
a court decision
about changes
of grave stone dates
Allan i hope you will not be summoned by the court
October 9th, 2014 at 5:05 am
The gravestone had nothing to do with me. Perhaps they should take the petal to court? Dafter things have happened.
warm regards,
Alan with just one 'l' but thanks for thinking of my missing 'l' :-)