Rats find midday shade,
tired from the day's scavenged trade.
Industrious souls.
This Haiku tries to flip perceptions on their head, casting the Rat in a different light to how they are usually perceived.
While it is true rats carry diseases, the industry of this creature can not be denied.
I'm not trying to ennoble the rat in this Haiku, just reflecting on their existence without judgement. I find it interesting to watch animals in the urban environment, to see how they've adapted their nature to fit in with our synthetic 'built' world. Hopefully this Haiku expressed some of what makes the form great:
Mono no aware (物の哀れ), empathy with nature and human life; the "feeling of things", nostalgia, regret for the passing of time, understanding of the changeability and of the transience without suffering.
Karumi (軽み), beauty in simplicity; poetic beauty reflected in its simplicity, free from preconceptions and moral judgment.
Wabi (侘寂), the taste for frugal and natural things, rustic simplicity, freshness or silence; it can be applied to both natural and artificial objects, or even non-ostentatious elegance.
I have decided to challenge myself for the next month - until the 01st of July - to post a daily Haiku on Hive. Each week will have a different theme based on picture prompts from either Pixabay.com or Unsplash.com. This week's broad theme is man vs nature.
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