The many notes/of the falling rain/all in tune.  (haiga)

The many notes
of the falling rain,
all in tune.

 

 

 

 

Photo by Adiel Gardner, Poem by Don Wentworth

The poem was previously published in “Past All Traps” (Six Gallery Press, 2011).

Adiel Gardner has been photographing the world around her since she fell in love with the art form at the age of 13. Portraiture is her current main focus as it allows her to capture the sometimes hidden beauty in people. She lives in Erie, PA, with her husband and four children, who are her first audience and greatest work of art.

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Don Wentworth

Don Wentworth is a Pittsburgh-based poet whose work reflects his interest in the revelatory nature of brief, haiku-like moments in everyday life. His poetry has appeared in Modern Haiku, bottle rockets, bear creek haiku and Rolling Stone, as well as a number of anthologies. His first full-length collection, Past All Traps, was published in 2011 by Six Gallery Press and was shortlisted for the Haiku Foundation's 2011 Touchstone Distinguished Books Award. His second full-length book, Yield to the Willow, is forthcoming in 2013 from Six Gallery Press.

33 thoughts on “”

  1. Captures the music of the rain and nature's innate harmony, as well as giving us a new look at the beauty of the rainy season. So very lovely. Thank you.

  2. Absolutely lovely, Don. We're well used to rain here in Ireland! :)

    By the way, thanks for sending me the lovely little copies of the Lilliput Review which arrived a few days ago. They are so cute and I'm going to carry them about in the back pocket of my jeans so I can read them whenever I want!!!

    marion

  3. Clean haiku. The kind of haiku that will have me tilting my head to listen to the rain for the rest of my life.

  4. I enjoyed the image and poem…

    playground
    after the rain–
    the sound of traffic

    tinywords | published 24 April 2003

  5. ..lovely and so generous…

    although nothing happened
    the willow and crow stand nearer
    than the dark

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