Yes, beautiful. I was just reading one of her essays from 2000 on haiku techniques, inspiring reading if anyone's interested http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiartjr.htm.
still here
all the gentle poets
leaving us
in their smallest poems
glimpses of our larger selves
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Jane would have been so modestly delighted at her poems appearing on tiny words, she was a real fan of this site. Jane often announced on her now ceased Aha! Forum whenever someone had a poem up here.
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sunlight glistens
on a small blade of grass
each poet
passes along the fire
in dew drops winking
(Included in A Gift of Tanka, AHA Books, 1990)
—JANE REICHHOLD
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A wonderful couple of pieces of writing melded together:
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From the small:
sunlight glistens
on a small blade of grass
To all of us:
each poet
passes along the fire
in dew drops winking
.
Beautiful and magical and uplifting, thank you Jane! :-)
November 24th, 2016 at 2:04 pm
Thank you so much!
November 24th, 2016 at 2:11 pm
What a wonderful tanka, and splendid sentiments! Then I saw who it was by – lovely that she is honoured here by such an appropriate poem.
November 24th, 2016 at 4:26 pm
Yes, beautiful. I was just reading one of her essays from 2000 on haiku techniques, inspiring reading if anyone's interested http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiartjr.htm.
still here
all the gentle poets
leaving us
in their smallest poems
glimpses of our larger selves
November 25th, 2016 at 2:06 am
Beautiful tanka!
November 25th, 2016 at 5:22 am
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Jane would have been so modestly delighted at her poems appearing on tiny words, she was a real fan of this site. Jane often announced on her now ceased Aha! Forum whenever someone had a poem up here.
.
.
sunlight glistens
on a small blade of grass
each poet
passes along the fire
in dew drops winking
(Included in A Gift of Tanka, AHA Books, 1990)
—JANE REICHHOLD
.
A wonderful couple of pieces of writing melded together:
.
.
From the small:
sunlight glistens
on a small blade of grass
To all of us:
each poet
passes along the fire
in dew drops winking
.
Beautiful and magical and uplifting, thank you Jane! :-)
warm regards,
Alan