The Macaque peels back
the plastic bag Breadfruit skin.
Aping a world lost.
This Haiku was a pure reaction to the image as a prompt. I tried to keep my moral compass in my pocket with this one and just reflect on the image.
Monkeys are one of the most impressive animals to adapt to the (human) built environment, to the extent that they can be a real pest in certain urban areas around the world.
I've experienced the tenacity of thieving monkeys once or twice on my travels around the world. The first time was in Thailand in a monkey temple where I observed the monkey’s mugging the tourists for their snacks, despite the fact we were all handing out bananas that we'd bought from a local.
I remember thinking that it was pretty much poetic justice to be honest; we destroy their habitat, steal the forest away from them, and the Macaque just get on with trying to dominate the environment by terrorizing the tourists 😂
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. This Senryu hopefully expressed some of that bitter/sweet reality of adaptation with the plastic Breadfruit skin.
I think this poem captured something of what the Japanese Haiku masters called:
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.
Reference fromMizu No Oto Haiku Competition
Although similar to haiku, senryu is more open in subject matter - including the human side of existence - and subjective viewpoint, often incorporating humor and political views.
To read more about the difference between Haiku and Senryu please check out my post -
Haiku Vs Senryu - The Aesthetics of Form.
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