consolation in each raindrop the sea

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Stella Pierides

Born in Greece, Stella Pierides now divides her time between London, UK, and Neusaess, DE. Her poetry book, ?In the Garden of Absence? [Fruit Dove Press, 2012], was awarded third prize in the Haiku Society of America?s 2013 Merit Book Awards. Recent book, ?Feeding the Doves? [Fruit Dove Press, 2013]. Stella project manages Per Diem: Daily Haiku, a feature of the The Haiku Foundation.

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  1. consolation in each raindrop the sea

    —Stella Pierides

    Consolation
    in each raindrop

    in each raindrop
    the sea

    There can be consolation in each raindrop
    e.g.

    the rain
    almost a friend
    this funeral

    Alan Summers
    First publication credits: Azami #28 (Japan, 1995)
    Anthology: The Temple Bell Stops: Contemporary Poems of Grief, Loss and Change (Modern English Tanka Press 2012)

    And inter-relationships in nature, and how we can hopefully "inter-rely" on each other as in the rain off the sea that feeds the clouds that feeds the earth that feeds the food crops and much more.

    But when that cycle gets corrupted, when things break down, where do we find consolation?

    The sea is often seen as a womb, going back.

    I'm not saying that the haiku is about this, but it's certainly powerful enough for me, and a journey into what I perceive as possible layers of understanding and perception.

    Alan

      1. Dear Frances,

        Alas it doesn't seem available anymore, even on Abebooks, really sorry about that. A very successful anthology but no second print run it seems.

        warm regards,

        Alan

  2. we are all part of a larger

    that's what this poem says to me

    "consolation in each raindrop the sea"

    and recognizing this shared smallness

    is a comfort

  3. This is perfect, Stella!

    The ambiguity of the linear arrangement of words creates images which cycle round in my mind – a visceral experience of the water cycle itself which begins and ends always in the sea.

    But that opening word – "consolation". Ah, there you take us out of nature, into metaphysics and spirituality.

    A truly wonderful poem! Thank you for sharing it.

    Strider

  4. consolation in each raindrop the sea

    Yes, all individual, each containing the whole. Separate, yet not. In each teardrop the sea, too.
    Nicely done Stella.

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