Haiku-Kiri Tree (Paulownia Tree)
Haiku-Kiri Tree (Paulownia Tree)
Haiku by Japanese Master Basho (1644-1694)
Won't you come and see
loneliness? Just one leaf
from the kiri tree.
Won't you come and see
loneliness? Just one leaf
from the kiri tree.
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Re: Haiku-Kiri Tree (Paulownia Tree)
I don't know Kiri/Paulownia trees very well, so I don't know why one leaf of a Kiri tree would be 'loneliness'. Unless the whole tree had nothing but one leaf! Lonely indeed!
Jenny
Jenny
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ~Bill Vaughn
Re: Haiku-Kiri Tree (Paulownia Tree)
Jenny,
The haiku seems to be comparing a person cut off from society and other people with a leaf being cut off from a tree. The leaf is lonely because it is no longer part of the tree and no longer has teh company of the other leaves.
The haiku seems to be comparing a person cut off from society and other people with a leaf being cut off from a tree. The leaf is lonely because it is no longer part of the tree and no longer has teh company of the other leaves.
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Re: Haiku-Kiri Tree (Paulownia Tree)
Jenny,
The tree is also called Royal Paulownia or the Empress Tree. I have also heard them called Princess Trees. They have very large leaves. Similar to that of Catalpa but even larger. They have beautiful very fragrant ( sometimes overwhelmingly so ) blossoms in May which overwinter in fuzzy buds which develop the previous year. A deep hard freeze sometimes kills them preventing them from blooming the following spring. They are very fast growers. I had one near my steps when I lived down in Deep Gap and cut it back one year. It grew back in one summer growing six feet in a single summer! They have seed pods in fall which many people dislike because they tend to litter up the yard. The wood is soft. I have heard it called " Cottonwood " here in the south. Sometimes the wood is used in the furniture trade. Like Ailanthus ( Tree of Heaven or Paradise Tree ) Paulownia is often invasive and is considered a weed tree, dispite it's beautiful large leaved habit and flowers, here in the southern US.
James
The tree is also called Royal Paulownia or the Empress Tree. I have also heard them called Princess Trees. They have very large leaves. Similar to that of Catalpa but even larger. They have beautiful very fragrant ( sometimes overwhelmingly so ) blossoms in May which overwinter in fuzzy buds which develop the previous year. A deep hard freeze sometimes kills them preventing them from blooming the following spring. They are very fast growers. I had one near my steps when I lived down in Deep Gap and cut it back one year. It grew back in one summer growing six feet in a single summer! They have seed pods in fall which many people dislike because they tend to litter up the yard. The wood is soft. I have heard it called " Cottonwood " here in the south. Sometimes the wood is used in the furniture trade. Like Ailanthus ( Tree of Heaven or Paradise Tree ) Paulownia is often invasive and is considered a weed tree, dispite it's beautiful large leaved habit and flowers, here in the southern US.
James
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Re: Haiku-Kiri Tree (Paulownia Tree)
Beautiful picture James and good to get to know this tree.
Ed, Oh no! That is lonely! Good interpretation. Thank you.
Jenny
Ed, Oh no! That is lonely! Good interpretation. Thank you.
Jenny
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ~Bill Vaughn
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Re: Haiku-Kiri Tree (Paulownia Tree)
It's curious theses non-native, "invasive" trees have such a positive connotation from their native lands, with common names translated as "Tree-of-Heaven" and "Empress Tree".
They may think they're doing us a favor, or sharing the wealth.
Steve
They may think they're doing us a favor, or sharing the wealth.
Steve
every plant is native somewhere
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Re: Haiku-Kiri Tree (Paulownia Tree)
Steve,
I have always found Tree of Heaven and Empress Tree both to be attractive trees. Beauty has nothing to do with them being invasive to an ecosystem.
JP
I have always found Tree of Heaven and Empress Tree both to be attractive trees. Beauty has nothing to do with them being invasive to an ecosystem.
JP
James E Parton
Ovate Course Graduate - Druid Student
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