Meik Blöttenberger was born in Baltimore to German immigrant parents. Besides writing haiku, his other passions are photography and traveling.
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Lynn, I appreciate your comment on my haiku. Growing up along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, I witnessed this moment many times. It saddens me because many of the watermen are leaving the water, because of the poor condition of the bay.
Another wonderful thing about Tinywords is the opportunity to travel in verse, all around the world. I begin to better appreciate the wonderment of Basho's first readers of Narrow Road to the Deep North as I read this verse by Meik Blöttenberger.
Of course, we have the advantage of the Internet and Wikipedia to immediately supplement our knowledge of places we hear about, so reading some articles about the cultural decline of Chesapeake Bay, and depletion of its seafood resources, adds a sense of poignancy when I reread this ku by Meik. In that bare flat line I get a sense of the sun setting over the horizon, and over the watermens' way of life; and in the back and forth of my eyes, parsing the verse, searching out the different readings, I actually recreate the swabbing broom of the crew hand.
Subtle and very effective poetry.
This morning I actually awoke in a motel room in a fishing town I am visiting for work.
broadened horizon
sunrise glimpsed through
motel door peekhole
Oh I like the way this rolls out very much.
Lynn, I appreciate your comment on my haiku. Growing up along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, I witnessed this moment many times. It saddens me because many of the watermen are leaving the water, because of the poor condition of the bay.
Another wonderful thing about Tinywords is the opportunity to travel in verse, all around the world. I begin to better appreciate the wonderment of Basho's first readers of Narrow Road to the Deep North as I read this verse by Meik Blöttenberger.
Of course, we have the advantage of the Internet and Wikipedia to immediately supplement our knowledge of places we hear about, so reading some articles about the cultural decline of Chesapeake Bay, and depletion of its seafood resources, adds a sense of poignancy when I reread this ku by Meik. In that bare flat line I get a sense of the sun setting over the horizon, and over the watermens' way of life; and in the back and forth of my eyes, parsing the verse, searching out the different readings, I actually recreate the swabbing broom of the crew hand.
Subtle and very effective poetry.
This morning I actually awoke in a motel room in a fishing town I am visiting for work.
broadened horizon
sunrise glimpsed through
motel door peekhole
Strider
i agree with you
Beautiful, Meik! It takes me to another place. So many senses come into play in this one brief line.
I recommend it to everyone.. Thanks for your work!!
A highly effective observation of a normal workday for the crew hand. Great capture of movement in a few words.
marion
The single line creates multiple readings/meanings. Artfully done!
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crew hand sweeping the workday back in the bay
—MEIK BLÖTTENBERGER
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iron oxide moon-
ghost ships in a desert
once upon a sea
Alan Summers
Ekphrastic response to an installation by artist Fairley Barnes
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easily accessible from both your desktop computer and also your phone, and, most importantly, it's compatible with iTunes.
Smith, to help recondition the firm however Smith in 1980 left Burger King for PepsiCo, mostly since of the decline in sales of Burger King.
The single line creates multiple readings/meanings. Artfully done!