Haiku Chronicles is podcast designed to provide a better understanding and appreciation of the art of Haiku and its related forms including senryu, renku, tanka, haibun and haiga.
Buson's Two Candles" is a very private interpretation/expansion of appreciation for this poet's breadth of subject matter and his variety of "styles" of writing. Anita Virgil, an artist by training, viewed Buson's original artwork at Asia House in NYC.
The complete essay of, "Buson's Two Candles" by Anita Virgil is available in the Haiku ChroniclesReading Room.
Opening Poem by Yosa Buson
Lighting the lantern,
The yellow chrysanthemums
Lose their colour.