Photo by Maxquijano
on the dark water
a white lily floats —
almost silent
Lyle Daggett
Photo by selbst
spring rain . . .
halfway through my meal
a scoop of loneliness
Kala Ramesh
Photo by Tubifex
from the azaleas
the azaleas' pure
water
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue
best,
Don
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12 comments:
Don,
thanks for posting this string of little gems.
I particularly like Kala's haiku, whose L3 is unexpected yet powerful.
Chen-ou
"a scoop of loneliness". That image keeps floating in my head.
Thanks Don.
I like the way you have weaved the raindrop through the three haiku chosen and how that 'loneliness' in my haiku seems even more poignant somehow.
It's amazing what silences between verses can do to images.
_kala
Thanks a ton Chen-ou and Bart.
I'm happy L3 resonates the way it does :)
_kala
Kala's haiku is so visual I can almost feel like I'm scooping up the loneliness myself. That one word... Just goes to show how a word well chosen ....
Likewise, and again, my thanks, Don.
Chen-ou, glad this one hit home -
Bart, that third line seems to be grabbing folks ...
Kala and Lyle, cheers!
Thanks, Merrill ...
gems.. thoroughly enjoyed both the haiku
a walk after the dinner..
my loneliness
follows me home
//
self-portrait
i paint
my loneliness
aditya:
Thanks very much, for the thoughts and poems - I especially like "a walk after dinner"
Thanks Don for yr kind appreciation.
a walk after the dinner...
my loneliness
follows me home
I like this Aditya.
And thanks a lot for your comment on my work.
Waiting to see you all in person during Pune Haiku Utsav :)
_kala
kala, thanks for sharing the poem ... Don
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