the neighbor's cat
lounges in the sun
Originally posted on Facebook's NaHaiWriMo page on 2/10/2013. Prompt was garden.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
the cod are gone ...
long ago, young folk
moved to the city
long ago, young folk
moved to the city
The photograph in this haiga was taken in Red Cliffe, Newfoundland & Labrador, on June 21, 2012. The haiku is based, in part, on the song "Make and Break Harbour" by Stan Rogers and is intended as an homage to Mr. Rogers, to Newfoundland's outports, and to the people who lived in the outports.
Here are some of the lines of Mr. Rogers' song: "And the young folk don't stay with the fisherman's ways / Long ago they all moved to the cities." And the chorus: "In Make and Break Harbour the boats are so few / Too many are holed up and rotten. / Most houses stand empty old nets hung to dry / Are blown away lost and forgotten." Stan Rogers can be heard singing it here: http://www.youtube.com/
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