first snowflakes –
a Mozart concerto
on the car radio
Published by
Damien Gabriels
Born in 1959 in North of France where I live and work (bank), I discovered haiku in 2001. Member of the French Haiku Association since its foundation. Publications in several reviews and collective anthologies; my first personal publication, "Le temps d'un haiku" (Editions Chloé des Lys) published in May 2006.
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I got the feeling of a humanbeing, sitting still,enjoying music while nature is at work.This juxtaposition between stillness and movement is what makes your haiku memorable.I appreciate it if you put a page for English translations of your haiku in your site so that we get an idea about your writing experience.
Just to clarify, Mahler would work in hundreds of ways in hundreds of contexts, but “snowflakes” isn’t the most obvious association with his style. Snowflakes and Mozart make a much better fit. It’s because he recognizes that fit that Damien isn’t just playing a brand name dropping game.
judith and bill, peculiar as it might seem, what composer wasn’t a bit of a snowflake.
one would think, they tend to go hand in hand(reflecting on the norm). strange isn’t it, how society labels that which it doesn’t understand.
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another thought comes to mind, bill did you confer with damien on his perception.
Thanks for all your reactions ; to complete, I would simply mention that I was really in my car, listening a Mozart concerto, when snow began to fall : to returnat the beginnig, it’s no more than a simple and real association (that I found quite well adapted …)
I can see this moment very clear.
I got the feeling of a humanbeing, sitting still,enjoying music while nature is at work.This juxtaposition between stillness and movement is what makes your haiku memorable.I appreciate it if you put a page for English translations of your haiku in your site so that we get an idea about your writing experience.
I can well picture the grandeur and the brilliance of the moment.
Great work!
-kala
“Mozart” is more than a brand name here. “Mahler,” for instance, wouldn’t work.
changing mood…
waiting room
between my father and me
only Mozart
Damien, a lovely poem. I would hope that all of us might have enjoyed the same type of experience. Very special.
Au contraire, Bill Kenney. Mahler would have worked beautifully for me.
so true judith-
…they know not that they know not…
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bill, i’ll use your words, “brand name”; many frequent the “brand names” while passing up those who inspired them.
the glucks, wagners, bizets, the list goes on.
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la dernière braise
refusant se fanent–
le concert des weber
last ember
refusing to fade–
weber’s concerto
Just to clarify, Mahler would work in hundreds of ways in hundreds of contexts, but “snowflakes” isn’t the most obvious association with his style. Snowflakes and Mozart make a much better fit. It’s because he recognizes that fit that Damien isn’t just playing a brand name dropping game.
Bill, I must concede that snowflakes are probably more in tune with Mozart (pardon the pun)but I do love Mahler. Okay?
thick morning fog–
a Mahler symphony
on the clock radio
…
orange-red sunset
through the bay windows–
Wagner on the hi-fi
judith and bill, peculiar as it might seem, what composer wasn’t a bit of a snowflake.
one would think, they tend to go hand in hand(reflecting on the norm). strange isn’t it, how society labels that which it doesn’t understand.
–
another thought comes to mind, bill did you confer with damien on his perception.
Ah, first snow(flakes) and Mozart, if he could hear it now.
Thanks for all your reactions ; to complete, I would simply mention that I was really in my car, listening a Mozart concerto, when snow began to fall : to returnat the beginnig, it’s no more than a simple and real association (that I found quite well adapted …)