tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post8939904091409488146..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Manchurian Crane: The Red Spot of DivinityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-85129589981839595922012-12-08T18:51:05.555-08:002012-12-08T18:51:05.555-08:00"will surely tear"
but did not quite
ye..."will surely tear"<br /><br />but did not quite<br />yet<br />that beautiful miss<br />the future the minute<br />it lastsSusan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-48628034200834312842012-12-08T17:22:40.092-08:002012-12-08T17:22:40.092-08:00Careful, careful
watching this quiet
snow place fo...Careful, careful<br />watching this quiet<br />snow place formed<br />by grey, red, black<br />sounds across.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-9023173595500690492012-12-08T17:18:27.812-08:002012-12-08T17:18:27.812-08:00Genius flies
ancient with feathers
to rest in the...Genius flies <br />ancient with feathers<br />to rest in the next<br />place to rest in snow<br />something with a stong sound<br />pulled away from form<br />left with red against it.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-58451752470050286482012-12-08T14:04:32.737-08:002012-12-08T14:04:32.737-08:00love the birds and haiku...!love the birds and haiku...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-65729732842461099352012-12-08T08:31:48.205-08:002012-12-08T08:31:48.205-08:00The poem seems to carry a delight in its fragility...The poem seems to carry a delight in its fragility, the thought of its own wounding.<br /><br />Stephen's right - these are beautiful birds.Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-91961862931744067242012-12-08T07:58:33.555-08:002012-12-08T07:58:33.555-08:00Steve,
Thanks for bringing the cranes some aerial...Steve,<br /><br />Thanks for bringing the cranes some aerial company,<br /><br />at the same time,<br />each its own, as such<br /><br />waning white moon in blue white of sky,<br />wingspan of gull flapping toward pointTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-17148220478620689032012-12-08T07:31:02.308-08:002012-12-08T07:31:02.308-08:00Tom,
Such beautiful birds, and those cries -- Bas...Tom, <br />Such beautiful birds, and those cries -- Basho is right, leaves would tear.<br /><br /><br />12.8<br /><br />light coming into sky above black plane<br />of ridge, jet passing above pine branch<br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> that this since which while<br /> would be, to be of it<br /><br /> shows that at the same time,<br /> each its own, as such<br /><br />waning white moon in blue white of sky,<br />wingspan of gull flapping toward point<br />STEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-91388419453791601872012-12-08T06:59:48.179-08:002012-12-08T06:59:48.179-08:00The Dance of the Red-Crowned Cranes is marvelous t...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o4xsvE1p-g&list=LPKtQ9ZYE3nr0&index=1&feature=plcp" rel="nofollow">The Dance of the Red-Crowned Cranes</a> is marvelous to contemplate. These creatures have got some hops. And after the hops... at 2:43 one can hear that leaf-shredding call.<br /><br />Grus japonensis is a majestic creature still -- among the largest of cranes, often exceeding five feet in height and four feet in length, from bill to tail tip -- yet also, now, an increasingly endangered one.<br /><br />Once great flocks of Red-crowned Cranes filled the skies across northern Asia. Today the estimated total population of the species is only some 2,750 in the wild. Of the remaining migratory populations, about one-third winter in China (mainly at the Yellow River Delta and Yancheng Coastal Wetlands), the rest in Korea. In spring and summer, the migratory populations breed in Siberia, northeastern China and in protected areas in northeastern Mongolia. The breeding range centers in Lake Khanka, on the Sino-Russian border.<br /><br />Normally the female lays two eggs, with only one surviving. Later, in the fall, the flocks migrate to Korea and east-central China to spend the winter. The most significant non-migratory population, consisting of about a thousand birds, resides in eastern Hokkaido in Japan.<br /><br />The species nests in wetlands and rivers. In the wintering range, its habitat is comprised mainly of paddy fields, grassy tidal flats, and mudflats. In the flats, the birds feed on aquatic invertebrates; in cold, snowy conditions, they must make do with rice gleanings from the paddy fields.<br /><br />In Japan, Grus japonensis is known as the tancho and is said to live a thousand years.<br /><br />Historically the great graceful bird with the red crown has held a prominent place in the poetry of several Asian cultures.<br /><br />That of Bashô is but one.<br /><br />The title of this post evokes the Red-crowned Crane's particular history and significance in Taoist poetics. During the Han period in China, Taoism assumed aspects of magic. Legends arose that Taoist masters had learned to extend their lives indefinitely, to fly through the clouds, to become invisible. Alchemists and magicians streamed into the Han courts, where they attempted to refine crass material substances in the effort to secure eternal life. From the imagery in Taoist poetry, these wizards created a complex symbolism based on red. The holy color red represented the alchemical furnace and its beautiful, red-robed patron goddess. A common talisman was the Manchurian Crane, symbol of longevity with the red spot of divinity on its crown. Hand-in-hand with the reputation for longevity (not quite accurate, in fact, as the individual birds survive only three or four years) went a legendary association with immortality.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com