Hi Cara, Very interesting. Brings to mind times of recovery, fallow fields, and planting daffodil bulbs after a great-aunt's passing. Now I look forward to the bright yellow every spring (after our long Wisconsin winters).
.
A fine instance of uncomplicated juxtaposition of images creating resonance far beyond their respective parts. Excellent work, and a joy to read more than once, and finding other layers.
moving forward
and staying in place
chrysalis
—Cara Holman
.
all my mistakes
each click of the pen
the robin moves
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Presence #24 (2004); *earlier version ; "D'un ciel a l'autre" Anthologie de haiku de l'Union Europeenne, (Edition de l'Association francaise de haiku 2006); Seven By Twenty twitter-length fiction and poetry (2011)
.
Toshugu shrine pines
I try to stay as still –
mist and dew
Alan Summers
Publications credits: World Haiku Review Japan Article – Vending machines and cicadas (2003); We Are All Japan (Karakia Press 2012); The In-Between Season (With Words Pamphlet Series 2012)
Not too long before my mother died, she said she felt like a chrysalis about to be born again, and I thought of that as I penned my haiku– a comforting thought. You each caught the spirit of my writing. Thank you all for sharing your insights with me. :)
October 8th, 2013 at 9:59 am
Good, thoughtful, thought provoking.
October 9th, 2013 at 1:08 am
Hi Cara, Very interesting. Brings to mind times of recovery, fallow fields, and planting daffodil bulbs after a great-aunt's passing. Now I look forward to the bright yellow every spring (after our long Wisconsin winters).
Years ago, I wrote:
feeling new poems
fallow fields
waking up
(published in Time Of Singing)
Blessings, Ellen
October 9th, 2013 at 5:36 am
I love this haiku, Cara. It reminds me of when I feel I've grown beyond some hindrance, when someone Im close to hasnt; and vice versa.
October 9th, 2013 at 10:24 am
Sometimes staying still helps us to make progress – love it!
marion
October 9th, 2013 at 11:18 am
.
A fine instance of uncomplicated juxtaposition of images creating resonance far beyond their respective parts. Excellent work, and a joy to read more than once, and finding other layers.
moving forward
and staying in place
chrysalis
—Cara Holman
.
all my mistakes
each click of the pen
the robin moves
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Presence #24 (2004); *earlier version ; "D'un ciel a l'autre" Anthologie de haiku de l'Union Europeenne, (Edition de l'Association francaise de haiku 2006); Seven By Twenty twitter-length fiction and poetry (2011)
.
Toshugu shrine pines
I try to stay as still –
mist and dew
Alan Summers
Publications credits: World Haiku Review Japan Article – Vending machines and cicadas (2003); We Are All Japan (Karakia Press 2012); The In-Between Season (With Words Pamphlet Series 2012)
.
October 9th, 2013 at 7:49 pm
Not too long before my mother died, she said she felt like a chrysalis about to be born again, and I thought of that as I penned my haiku– a comforting thought. You each caught the spirit of my writing. Thank you all for sharing your insights with me. :)
September 30th, 2014 at 2:39 am
Poem in a nut Shell!
November 11th, 2016 at 7:17 pm
If I were a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, now I’d say “Kanobuwga, dude!”