Cloud (kumo)

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Cloud, clouds (kumo)

***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Heaven

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Explanation

Clouds in the Sky !
Clouds floating like dragons, dark clouds hanging over us .... they come in many variations !
Some cloud formations are kigo, see below.

Otherwise, add the season word to make it a kigo, for example
summer clouds, autumn clouds ...



Click on all the photos to see the BIG clouds !

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There are many poetic expressions for variuos types of clouds, not all of them are used as kigo.



cotton clouds, watagumo 綿雲


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"herringbone clouds"


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after the rain -
clouds chasing clouds
in the autumn sky

For those not so familiar with the Japanese symbolism I am referring to, try substitute
"thoughts" for "clouds" and
"mind" for "sky" .

the head in the clouds, den Kopf in den Wolken ...
you all know the allusions to the clouds in many cultures !

Clouds after the Rain
Haiku Album Leaf by Gabi Greve, September 2006


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SPRING

spring clouds, haru no kumo 春の雲 (はるのくも)
harugumo 春雲（はるぐも）


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SUMMER

summer clouds, natsu no kumo 夏の雲 (なつのくも)
natsugumo 夏雲（なつぐも）

billowing clouds, peaks of clouds, mushrooming clouds
雲の峰 kumo no mine
cloud peaks, minegumo 峰雲



"monk clouds", "clouds entering the Buddhist way", large columns of clouds
nyuudoogumo 入道雲

These clouds look like huge white mountains shining in the sky. They are formed when the earth is very hot, thus creating rising hot air currents.
They are cumulonimbus clouds, sekiran un 積乱雲 or very large cumulus clouds, yuudai sekiun 雄大積雲.


Thunderstorm clouds, rai un 雷雲（らいうん）

Clouds for an evening shower, yuudachi gumo 夕立雲（ゆうだちぐも）



anvil clouds, kanatoko gumo 金床雲 , 鉄鈷雲


"Clouds over Bando Taro" 坂東太郎（ばんどうたろう）
Bando Taro (bandoo taroo) is an old name for the Tone river, which flows through Edo/Tokyo.


Some areas of Japan, where the billowing summer clouds are most popular as haiku themes, have their own kigo with the addition of TAROO to represent the clouds. Taroo is usually the name of the first son of a family.

"Taro Clouds above Tamba" , Tanba Taroo 丹波太郎（たんばたろう）
The old Tamba Province (Tanba 丹波国 )

"Taro Clouds above Higo", Higo taroo 比古太郎（ひこたろう）
The old Higo Province (肥後国)

"Taro Clouds above Shinano" , Shinano taroo 信濃太郎（しなのたろう）
The old Shinano Province (信濃国)

"Taro Clouds above Iwami", Iwami taroo 石見太郎（いわみたろう）
The old Iwami Province (石見国)



"Taro Clouds above Mount Adachi", Adachi taroo 安達太郎（あだちたろう）



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AUTUMN

autumn clouds, aki no kumo 秋の雲 (あきのくも)
shuu un, shuu-un 秋雲（しゅううん）


Mackerel Clouds, Sardine Clouds
(saba-gumo 鯖雲, iwashi-gumo 鰯雲, "fish scale clouds", uroko-gumo 鱗雲. Japan)


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WINTER

winter clouds, fuyu no kumo 冬の雲 (ふゆのくも)
fuyugumo 冬雲（ふゆぐも）

"cold clouds", kanun, kan-un 寒雲（かんうん）
"freezing clouds", itegumo 凍雲（いてぐも）
"ghastly clouds" sei-un,, sei un 凄雲（せいうん）



"Butterfly clouds", choochoo gumo 蝶々雲（ちょうちょうぐも）




"bamboo hat clouds" around the top of Mt. Fuji,
Fuji no kasagumo 富士の笠雲（ふじのかさぐも）


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Worldwide use

Germany

Wolken, Schäfchenwolken (clouds like sheep)


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Things found on the way

Boven de wolken (Above the Clouds)
Derde haikoe-boek by Bart Mesotten.
Uitgeverij Pelckmans: Flanders, 2003.
ISBN:90 289
http://www.ahapoetry.com/ahalynx/193bkrv.htm


Worte für die Wolken. (words for the clouds)
Haiku-Jahrbuch 2005.
Haiku und Haiku-Prosa:
Eine Auswahl aus dem Jahre 2005.
http://www.haiku-heute.de/Haiku-Jahrbuch/body_haiku-jahrbuch.html


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Cloud Poetry


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HAIKU


雲をりをり人をやすめる月見かな
くもおりおり ひとをやすめる つきみかな
kumo oriori hito o yasumeru tsukimi kana

Matsuo Basho

clouds now and then
give us a rest:
moonviewing
Barnhill


Glorious the moon
therefore our thanks, dark clouds
come to rest our necks.
Peter Beilenson


clouds -
a chance to dodge
moonviewing
Lucien Stryke


Discussing the various translations of this haiku
Translating Haiku Forum, September 2008



Clouds Sometimes
Clouds sometimes people wo rest moon-look kana
David Coomler


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Issa and KUMO NO MINE clouds

雲のみね見越見越て阿蘇煙
kumo no mine mikoshi mikoshite Aso kemuri

peaks of clouds--
looking down, down...
Mount Aso's smoke



Haiga by Nakamura Sakuo


kumo no mine no shita kara detaru kobune kana

emerging under
the peaks of clouds...
a little boat


shibaruku wa makura no ue ya kumo no mine

for the moment
straight above my pillow...
peaks of clouds

Tr. David Lanoue
Billowing Clouds haiku by ISSA

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white mushrooming clouds
over the green bamboo –
autumn sunset in action



Look at more of my Cloud Haiku and Photos:

Clouds in my Valley 谷に雲

Clouds after the Rain Chinese Ink Painting, July 2005 中国の墨絵

Clouds at Lake Tomada 雲と池の早春 2005


the universe -
my heart floating
on autumn clouds

Koan and Haiku


© Gabi Greve

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Clouds in India

whiff of clouds
in my morning tea ~
Himalayan summer


Himalayan valley ~
another mountain grows
autumn clouds ~

Narayanan Raghunathan
Himalaya. The India Saijiki.

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sweaty palms holding-
spools of strings,
reach out for clouds

wandering clouds-
chase soaring kites,
on wings of breeze

Dr. Vidur Jyoti
Kite flying. The India Saijiki.

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a streak of orange
through the valley of clouds--
seat-belt fastened

sunlight
at the coulds' edge
below the plane

a mass of cloud
floating below the plane:
my son's balloon

a cloud-eagle
curves to the haze
in the west

R.K.SINGH
Dhanbad, India

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Dragon Clouds and Haiku

the clouds tonight,
a dragon
breathing snow

robert wilson

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Dragons play whirlwind
among the clouds meet and rain
unite earth and sky

R K SINGH

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the dragon -
now a cloud
in my sky

Gabi Greve

Dragon Clouds and Haiku

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thunder-filled clouds -
over the bridge come
jingling-jangling horses

Cyril Childs
http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/julyhaiku.html

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watching summer clouds
thoughts shaping and
reshaping

je regarde les nuages d'été
pensées qui prennent forme
et changent

Gabi Greve, quoted at Tempslibres

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The Sea of Clouds ... Unkai 雲海

雲海の　朝を迎えて　生きておる
unkai no asa o mukaete ikite oru

being alive -
with the sea of clouds
in my morning



Look at more photos of this morning !

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sea of clouds -
a morning to welcome
special guests

Do not miss to look at these haiku and photos :

Morning Walk with Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds in Autumn

Gabi Greve

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Grijze golven,
een schip aan de horizon,
grijze wolken.

Grey waves,
a ship on the horizon,
grey clouds.

© Frans J.P.M. Kwaad
http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~wr2777/Kwaad-Haiku.htm

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kijk, die olifant
langzaam wordt hij twee hondjes
wolken in de wind

ook, that elephant
changing into two dogs!
clouds in the wind

© Marianne Kiauta (Netherlands)
http://www.kulturserver.de/home/haiku-dhg/Netherlands.htm

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Luftmeer

Den Wind im Rücken
rudern bizarre Wolken
über das Luftmeer

© Haiku von Ernst Ferstl

Look at the photo to go with this haiku
http://www.onlinekunst.de/ernstferstl/luftmeer.html

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From WHCmultimedia Friends, some Haiga


http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/tankavisions/winter-trees-sepia2.jpg


Cats Feet Clouds

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/tankavisions/stanford-clouds.jpg

Sandy "Kitsune Miko"

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Comment on the Cat Feet Clouds:
I am always fascinated by those cat-feet clouds that come over the mountains in the evening.
More often they slink on their bellies over the mountains and down through the canyons, and then dissipate. You have to realize that the Pacific Ocean is on the other side of that low mountain range, and it's the mountains that stop the marine fog and keep us warm and sunny. On the other side, the coast is socked in more often than not.

Also, that range of mountains is on the far side of the San Andreas fault. That's how near to it we are. Supposedly the northward movement of the Pacific plate is bringing Los Angeles to us at the rate of 1/4 inch a year.



Linda Papanicolaou

Look at Linda's CLOUD Album

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http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/doano/stadiumlights.jpg

Doris Kasson

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http://www.poetrylives.com/CAROL/sunday%20morning%20clouds.jpg

Carol Raisfeld

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http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/poettree/shapeshifters.jpg

Shanna from Hawaii

WHChaikumultimedia/

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Haiga from Natalia L. Rudychev


© April 2006

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floating bridges -
searching moorings,
in arms of horizon.

Dr. Vidur Jyoti, India, 2006

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a rainy night -
even without sandals
the clouds jog

Rita "eastern sparrow", 2006

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kumo no mine ikutsu kuzurete tsuki no yama

cloud peaks,
how many have crumbled away:
moon mountain

Basho, trans. David Barnhill


ari no michi kumo no mine yori tsuzuki keri

the ants' road
from peaks of clouds
to here

Issa, trans. David Lanoue


ho no ooki orandasen ya kumo no mine

A Dutch ship
With many sails:
The billowing clouds.

Shiki, trans. Blyth

Discussing these three haiku !
KIGO HOTLINE


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