Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Michael Newell & Constance Campbell: Wednesday Haiku, Week 43

Photo by Scott M. Liddell




Most eloquent
when simplest
the grammar of touch.

     Michael L. Newell









to be like the dragonfly:
busy and strong
  Constance Campbell









the distant mountain
reflected in his eyes...
dragonfly

    Issa
    translated by David G. Lanoue




best,
Don



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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

just saw a nature show on PBS tv ..

the dragonfly
is
one of the three
oldest
continuous living
things

(I forget the other two however:
it's not the cocker roach)

November 9, 2011 at 7:10 AM
Charles Gramlich said...

I've been working on a poem for a couple of years now about my father and the language of him. The grammar line in the first haiku makes me think of it.

November 9, 2011 at 8:57 AM

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