a sandstorm?
calm
only in the hourglass
(originally appeared in “The Mainichi” ? April 8, 2013)
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Robert Kania
Robert Kania lives in Warsaw, Poland. He began writing poetry in 2011. His works (haiku, haiga) have appeared in The Heron's Nest, The Mainichi, Asahi Haikuist Network, A Hundred Gourds, World Haiku Review, KUZU, Diogen, Art & Business, DailyHaiga and World Haiku Association.Prize Winner of the 15th HIA Haiku Contest 2013. Co-editor (with Krzysztof Kokot) of the European Quarterly Kukai (http://europeankukai.blogspot.com).
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Beautiful brevity my friend.
Great haiku Robert, and I particularly enjoyed the clever inversion of the usual 5-7-5 (or rather, short-long-short) format to match the subject of the poem. The middle line "calm" is perfect! And of course the hourglass effect would have been even better if HTML code allowed it to be displayed in a "centered" format.
Great work – thanks for sharing it
Strider
So clever — love the "calm" in the middle…