polona: Thanks...as with most haiku the reader is encouraged to explore alternate interpretaions. With this haiku you are correct, there are other layers.
I leave one hint... goutweed is considered a weed yet many (here in Edmonton, at least) grow them as a decorative garden-bed cover. To see weeds growing among "weeds" seemed an odd juxtaposition to me.
nice image (thanks for making me learn new words)... am i wrong or is there another layer in this one?
ReplyDeletepolona: Thanks...as with most haiku the reader is encouraged to explore alternate interpretaions. With this haiku you are correct, there are other layers.
ReplyDeleteI leave one hint... goutweed is considered a weed yet many (here in Edmonton, at least) grow them as a decorative garden-bed cover. To see weeds growing among "weeds" seemed an odd juxtaposition to me.
Two invasive species - this sounds like a war right in the backyard:
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Wealth of green
not really welcome
Nevertheless
They don’t care
ashi: Yes, although we planted the goutweed and kind of like the look. Now the quack...that's another story!
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