Carpe Diem#641/ Onna-bugeisha

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai


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 Sweet on the spring wind
 Cherry blossoms fell. On her
  Harugi, blood dripped

My haiku is for those little known women that fought alongside their samurai brothers to protect their homes, families and honor in time of war.



Carpe Diem Haiku Kai


Copyright © 2015 Glynis Rankin

6 comments:

  1. ChèvrefeuilleJanuary 4, 2015 at 5:43 PM

    Thank you for this great background about Onna-bugeisha, I had never heard from the "female samourai". You have honored them with your haiku in a very strong and loving way.

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  2. JaniceJanuary 4, 2015 at 10:44 PM

    Beautiful tribute.

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  3. EseJanuary 5, 2015 at 5:47 AM

    Unexpectedly dramatical turn, yet beautiful and fragile. You really have managed to create a story in just three lines.

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  4. Magical Mystical TeacherJanuary 5, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    Thank you for honoring these women.

    Spring Kimono

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  5. joanna ukJanuary 5, 2015 at 1:55 PM

    must have been hard to do, fight in a kimono.

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  6. brudbergJanuary 5, 2015 at 2:02 PM

    Oh this is a great tribute.. but there have always been women in war..

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