Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Pat Nelson: Two Haiku - Wednesday Haiku, #48

 Edward Hopper: Night on the El Train, 1918






dusk :: his story the length of a cigarette








 Photo by Snapperjack






the fog lover walks toward the river sound . . .
              2 haiku by Pat Nelson






Antique Japanese cigarette case







cloud and fog--
into my sleeves
they go

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue








best,
Don



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9 comments:

  1. TCDecember 16, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    Beauty.

    In the cold night fog,

    eternity

    is exactly that long.

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  2. tomDecember 16, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Pat - enjoyed both of these.

    the fog lover was an especially strong image

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  3. Issa's Untidy HutDecember 16, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    TC, thanks for the lovely addenda - beautiful.

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  4. Issa's Untidy HutDecember 16, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    Tom, I'll pass it on ... Don

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  5. adityaDecember 16, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Beauties!!

    winter solstice-
    the length
    of a cigarette
    (?)

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  6. Issa's Untidy HutDecember 16, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Thanks, Aditya ... the eternal cigarette.

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  7. pat nDecember 17, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    TC, tom & aditya,
    thank you for your kind remarks!

    TC, i am a lasped-painter, and especially enjoy all the beautiful art you post on your blog. thank you!

    pat

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  8. banditDecember 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    winter isn't eternity - is it?

    Love that 'cigarette'; not my addiction but the stories behind it.

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  9. Issa's Untidy HutDecember 18, 2011 at 8:03 AM

    Indeed, bandit ... almost evoking Eliot with the yellow fog and the thousand hands pulling a thousand shades ...

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