Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Lyle Daggett & Kala Ramesh: Wednesday Haiku, Week 76

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:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐July 25, 2012 at 3:17 PM

    Don,

    thanks for posting this string of little gems.

    I particularly like Kala's haiku, whose L3 is unexpected yet powerful.

    Chen-ou

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  2. BartJuly 25, 2012 at 5:42 PM

    "a scoop of loneliness". That image keeps floating in my head.

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  3. _kalaJuly 26, 2012 at 2:11 AM

    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

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  4. _kalaJuly 26, 2012 at 6:30 AM

    Thanks a ton Chen-ou and Bart.
    I'm happy L3 resonates the way it does :)
    _kala

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  5. snowbirdJuly 26, 2012 at 2:22 PM

    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 ....

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  6. Lyle DaggettJuly 26, 2012 at 8:19 PM

    Likewise, and again, my thanks, Don.

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  7. Issa's Untidy HutJuly 28, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    Chen-ou, glad this one hit home -

    Bart, that third line seems to be grabbing folks ...

    Kala and Lyle, cheers!

    Thanks, Merrill ...

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  8. adityaAugust 7, 2012 at 9:50 PM

    gems.. thoroughly enjoyed both the haiku

    a walk after the dinner..
    my loneliness
    follows me home

    //

    self-portrait
    i paint
    my loneliness

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  9. Issa's Untidy HutAugust 8, 2012 at 6:53 AM

    aditya:

    Thanks very much, for the thoughts and poems - I especially like "a walk after dinner"

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  10. adityaAugust 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    Thanks Don for yr kind appreciation.

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  11. _kalaAugust 11, 2012 at 10:36 PM

    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

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  12. Issa's Untidy HutAugust 12, 2012 at 7:15 AM

    kala, thanks for sharing the poem ... Don

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