carnation

Felix Mendelssohn is regarded by classical music aficionados and critics alike, as one of the most prolific and gifted composers the world has ever known. Even those who could not name any of his works have heard it, as his "Wedding March" from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", which has accompanied many a bride down the aisle...
The writer takes us to a setting with the use of a musical introduction. " strains of Mendelssohn" she writes, then pivots on the musicality of the setting, the "groom fiddles"; Cara has carefully choosen her words to present to us this special scenario, to capture for us this instant of a bridegroom's quirky. Who is not nervous at a wedding? who is not swept up in the tensions of getting it right for this big day? all of the preparation gone before in trying to perfect this day is resonated in his action, and all the hope of a new future life intimated. The bridegroom in Cara's episode is all of normal, human and real, nervous tension and all.
This haiku, is lively, and too, full of life; its present, its prospects, and all the concomitant questions of the future
A musical prelude prepares us for this haiku's drama, then she carefully reels us in with the introduction of the second schema the bridegroom, and as the plot thickens, the long awaited appearance of our kigo 'carnation'
There is rhythm, there is motion, there is beauty, there is emotion, there is projection encapsuled in Cara's 5-5-5 schema to present to us a super winning haiku

strains of Mendelssohn
the groom fiddles
with his carnation
--Cara Holman, USA

Well Done Cara; we look forward to seeing more of your runaway wining ku's

--gillena cox
coordinator; Caribbean Kigo Kukai



the theme for the kukai was carnation