Issa's Untidy Hut: Wednesday Haiku, #19: Susan Diridoni

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Photo by Mary Vogt

Wednesday Haiku, Week #19

step back into the fragrance our histories mingling

Susan Diridoni

in the cloudburst
chin up, back straight...
chrysanthemum

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

from the David Murray collection, Library of Congress

best,

Don

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Charles Gramlich said...: Love the Issa, of course; June 1, 2011 at 11:20 AM
Wrick said...: one of the things i like about Susan Diridoni's haiku is that it feels like it belongs to each of us (me as i read/see it and the visual scent soaks through the words); June 2, 2011 at 6:17 AM
Issa's Untidy Hut said...: Thanks, Charles.

Wrick, a fine compliment, I'll make sure to pass it on to Susan.; June 2, 2011 at 6:21 AM
snowbird said...: Susan, The choice of your words at this time when the memories of grandmother's peonies and my greatgrandmother's roses mingle in my garden giving flesh to ancestral mists of time. Simply wonderful. Many thanks, Merrill; June 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM
Issa's Untidy Hut said...: Thanks, M, I've let Susan know you've commented ... Don; June 5, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Zofia said...: Sue, such a delicate touch: our universal language of feelings works so beautifully here. Hugs, zofie; June 24, 2011 at 4:56 PM
Issa's Untidy Hut said...: Thanks, Zofie, I'll make sure Susan knows you commented. best, Don; June 25, 2011 at 6:36 AM