In response to Hank's urgings to go for the extra lines in Haiku, I hope not to disappoint him. So here goes;
Trip to Derby
Riding in the coach
To visit Derby Castle
Passing the Meadow
I ask Mariah
Did you see the sheep and cows?
Lazying on the grass?
Does it remind you
Of our colleagues back home then
Like being in meadow
I recall this trip in the Spring of 1997 to Derby Castle which once belonged to one of the Lords in the County of Nottinghamshire which has been turned into a tourist's attraction . Mariah, a colleague who was attending the same course in London with me was seated next and I showed her the sheep in the meadow as we passed by not far from the Castle. She laughed when I mentioned the parable.
It is a small village in the kecamatan of Tambusai, Kabupaten Rokan Hulu in the Province of Riau, Sumatra. During the Padri Wars of 1830's , Tuanku Tambusai (aka known as Fakeh Hj Muhammad Salleh ) fought the Dutch forces together with Imam Bonjol and Tuanku Rao in West Sumatra and in Northern Sumatra .The last defence was in Benteng 7 Lapis,Daludalu which fell in 1838. He escaped capture and came to Malaya. He was buried in Rasah in 1882.
2 comments:
Dear Hal,
This is responding to HH Sept Height's prompt, Meadow, I suppose. Easier for the reader to be aware if mentioned. It just took barely a few minutes each time and you're building up the numbers. 3 going to 4! If you faithfully follow right through it'll be 15. Great!
Hank
P/S I've copied every one of my sketches from Rainbow and created
another blog, Easel and Colours, a drawing blog. Check it out!
Yes, it is Hank. Will check it out as suggested. You are getting to be prolific on the net. Congrats!
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