midnight jetty
the sound of water
slapping water
(Originally published in A Hundred Gourds 1:3 ? June 2012)
Published by
Kala Ramesh
Kala Ramesh co-edited the award winning Naad Anunaad: an Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku (Vishwakarma Publication 2016) and co-authored an e-book with Marlene Mountain one-line twos (Bones 2016). She is the author of two books: haiku (Katha Books 2010, reprint 2017) and beyond the horizon beyond (Vishwakarma Publication 2017) and a tanka e-chapbook unseen arc (Snapshot Press 2017). Kala?s initiatives culminated in founding IN haiku in 2013. She teaches haiku and allied genres at Symbiosis International University Pune. To bring haiku into everyday spaces, Kala initiated HaikuWALL, haikuTRAIL, haikuTALK, haikuWORKSHOP, haikuYOUTH, haikuUTSAV, haikuDHYANA and haikuSAATSANGATH, the last being a stage performance with dancers and actors. View all posts by Kala Ramesh
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I haven't been around jettys at midnight only a dock/harbour on New Year's Eve. :-)
Pero’s Bridge –
the dock’s ice gathers
new year resolutions
Alan Summers
Publications credits: City: Bristol Today in Poems and Pictures (Paralalia 2004)
ISBN 10: 0954811704 ISBN 13: 9780954811709; 3Lights Gallery
PROMENADE A 3LIGHTS Gallery Presentation Curator & Photographer LIAM WILKINSON 2008 3Lights Promenade (April – July 2008)
I’ve only written a single jetty haiku, with a touch of humor:
passing marshfields –
through a dirty train window
a jetty of yachts
Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit vol. 7 no. 4 (1997)
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And a few harbour and dock ones…
dockside dredger
undulating reflections
between night showers
Alan Summers
Presence 2 (1996)
floating harbour
a sunfall’s last glints over
wind dimpled water
Alan Summers
City: Bristol Today in Poems and Pictures (Paralalia 2004)
ISBN 10: 0954811704 ISBN 13: 9780954811709
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dockside dredger
undulating reflections
between night showers
Alan Summers
I love this, Alan
I'm happy mine prompted you to dig out yours <s>
Thanks a ton
"Sound in haiku" was the theme of the recent Haiku Northwest retreat in Seabeck, Washington. So I particularly appreciate this vivid haiku, Kala.
Nice! I can see it, hear it, and feel it.
Thanks Marie,
Wow! _/\_
I can hear this precise sound through your words, although the moment is a long ago memory. Thank you !
Beautiful compliment, Barbara
Thanks a ton :))
Deptford Creek
the slap of dark water
as the tide turns.
Thanks Imogen
Nice response :)
My senses come alive! Beautifully crafted, Kala! :)
Ha! Gisele,
Thank you so much :))
This is one of my favourites.
I remember, I did work for a long time to get this right :)
'Slap' is exactly the verb that is needed to describe the sound of water hitting water at a jetty. Great sound and vision used to create atmosphere in this one, Kala.
marion
Marion,
Thank you so much for your appreciation.
All art heavily depends on this 'pat' on the back.
_kala :))
Thanks Sheila,
Yes, I remember Susan Constable saying she conducted it.
Happy you could relate to this so effortlessly
_kala :))
Full of energy. I love it.