SUSANNA Sept. 5, 2021 Haiku #1

A personal project of mine is to write haikus throughout the year. This is a form of poetry that I have loved for many years now. Why? Because in a few lines, and a specific number of syllables, it intends to capture a moment; because it is so closely tied with nature, with wonder, with sensations and with emotions; and because it also offers the possibility of a social activity (eg, haikai). I will share what I write, though I am expecting most will be in Spanish (sorry!). I will try to translate here and there but am not sure how this will go.
One haiku was written during the Alsace route. The context: cycling under the hot sun, through maize fields which reminded me of Mexico. It was about 5 pm, and we were exhausted and hot. Suddenly, giant sprinklers watering the maze come into sight. How I wanted to run under them and get refreshed! I of course couldn't cycle through the fields, so I started shouting at them out loud–“sprinkle me! Sprinkle me!”–hoping that my magical thinking would become a reality. But the sprinklers did not barge. Eventually though, one did! And then another! And we found a section where we could be caught under the water! I felt almost like a child, so happy with the simple pleasure of getting wet. 

          Mi tierra en Francia
                  Que alegria mojarme
                  junto a los elotes.

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