Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Rehn Kovacic & Marion Clarke: Wednesday Haiku, #98

Photo by Joe Myers




Bonding with a grackle,
     his loud call
  lacks translation.
Rehn Kovacic



 

Photo by Penywise





wet start ...
even the snail
stays indoors

Marion Clarke





 Artwork by Konen Uehara




"First snowfall, blah-blah"
they stay indoors
the fools
 Issa
 translated by David G. Lanoue 




best,
Don
   

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13 comments:

  1. Wonderful haiku Rehn and Marion. Love them. Rachael

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  2. Thanks so much, Rachael. So happy you liked the work!

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  3. Your Issa choice gave me the first laugh of the day!

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  4. For some reason I like grackles, though they are loud mouthed and rather obnoxious in some ways.

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  5. Lovely, evocative pieces from both writers.

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  6. Thank you Rechael. I appreciate your kind words.

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  7. Enjoyed these very much - we just had some grackles visit our feeders this week. Always liked their name - as a small child my son called them crackles.
    Lovely photos, too. Thanks, Don.
    Mary Ahearn

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  8. Glad you liked the Issa, Brian ... it's absolutely wonderful.

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  9. Grackles are a favorite of mine, too, Charles. They seem to just stand there ground ... something to be said for that. And then there is the sound ...

    graaaccckllll

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  10. Mary:

    Crackles! I think that's right.

    best,
    Don

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  11. I've only just read the rest of the comments this morning. Thanks Eamon and thanks Don for taking your hat off! :)

    marion

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