First, the interesting link you will want to read: https://www.japanesefoodguide.com/ayu-fish-ayu-sweetfish/
My photo:
Points of interest in the article shared:
- Beautiful photographs
- Native to East Asia
- Queen of clear waters. They survive only in extremely clean water
- Moss eating fish
- Fragrant fish—think cucumbers, melons, watermelons
- Highly prized. Iconic summer fish
- “Ayu a fan yet?” 😊
This post is written for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday Prompt.
Anyone can participate.
This week: Your writing invitation is to choose one of the 24 Forms for your poem.
You can use the kigo words and phrases from the Part I challenge post HERE, or you
can use the phrases I’ve created below:
Below are three kigo phrases for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Use one
kigo phrase in each of your three poems in whatever order you’d like.
Northern Hemisphere:
- #1: “summer celebrations”
- #2: “swimming pools”
- #3: “melons” (watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, etc.)
My Haiku (please compliment it by reading the article that will ask
“Ayu a fan yet?” 🎆 🐟 👏🏽 )
In the clear water
a melon-ed Ayu taunts
savory summer feast
© selma
Kigo: Ayu (sweetfish), melon (its taste), summer (celebration).
Thanks so much for reading.
Enjoy a safe summer. And Happy 4th of July to all my American friends.
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Selma I do like your verse…. And those fish look tasty 💜💚
Willow a delicacy of the season. Thanks for visiting this post. Have a great rest of the week in your lovely pergola and spacious yard. Bless you.
Lovely haiku
🙇🏽♀️ thanks.
Most welcome
Ohhh, so inviting. Beautiful haiku, Selma. Savory indeed! ❤️
Thanks dearly, Gwen. Happy 4th of July.
Happy 4th of July Selma!
Thank you for the introduction to the Ayu fish!. I had not heard of them before.
Kudos for beautifully crafted haiku! You packed great imagery on different levels and coinage!
Thanks for this beautiful comment dear Suzette. Glad you found it to your liking. Happy Fourth Weekend to you and loved ones.
You are most welcome, Selma. Thank you for the kind regards. Cheers
happy 4th !
Happy Fourth weekend, Beth. Stay safe.
ty, selma –
Oh this sounds like a fish I would! (I love fish). The heat is slipping back into Michigan! 💜
I love fish too. And my fisherman husband helps and educates me about fish. Hehe 😋
Please stay cool. A big hat please and look for the shade. Stay safe. Happy long weekend. 🤗
Thanks, Selma. I tend to stay inside in the summer. I have some health issues with the sun, so it’s long sleeves and a hat everywhere I go. LOL! 👒
Interesting Haiku,Selma!
Thanks
Now I’m hungry and ayu sounds amazing! We are big fish eaters in our house; my husband is a fisherman by hobby and our freezer is always full. Yum, Selma! 😋
Another thing we have in common then. Husband is a fishing enthusiast 🎣 —sometimes he returns with a bounty and sometimes repining … 😔
You’d have to come to this area to taste ayu though. Or perhaps they freeze and ship abroad. 🤷🏽♀️ —with a long plane flight ✈️ necessary I wouldn’t recommend you come. Hugs my friend. Enjoy your long weekend. Safety first!
Happy 4th of July Selma!
I can’t ate fish 🐠🐟! I don’t like fish!
Sorry to hear that. Ok. I understand.
I know can’t Celebration 4th July there. I say you sorry that my mistake!
Lovely haiku. The fish? Not for me!
Hey Lisa, no problem my friend. Fish is not everybody’s taste.
Happy long forth weekend to you. Star cool. Stay safe.
Cleverly done Haiku, Selma. 🙂