how little
I know of bird calls
distant thunder
(Akita International Haiku Award, First Prize, September 2013)
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
love this, had to read it a few times, left me feeling very calm
Thanks Shirley.
This was in my balcony in Pune. A dozen or more birds were going any which way with loud noises that day and then I heard a distant thunder . . . and even today I wonder if they were warning each other of the impending rain or if they were enjoying the rain after a hot spell . . .
So lovely — the emotion runs deep.
Thanks Marie.
It's most heart warming when the ku goes well with the readers.
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Beautiful.
Bill K
Thanks a lot, Bill.
^_^
Stunning.
Thanks a lot!
Solid Kala; each read, another thought. _m
Thanks alot, Magyar.
Really happy it's working so well for you.
Ever since I moved to Australia for a number of years my knowledge of British birds has never fully come back, but birdsong is a vital part of my life wherever I lay my hat.
Ah, yes, the birds all know about communication, and we'd be wise to notice what they notice. :-)
how little
I know of bird calls
distant thunder
Kala Ramesh
(Akita International Haiku Award, First Prize, September 2013)
Wonderful!
*
train whistle
?a blackbird hops?
along its notes
Alan Summers
Publications credits:
Presence #47 (2012); THF Per Diem: The Elements (September 2012); tempslibre (2013)
warm regards,
Alan
Thanks a lot, Alan.
I love yours too . . . and I had selected it for 'Haiku Foundation's Per Diem, I remember!
Hi Kala,
Yes, I remember! Wasn't it the THF Per Diem: The Elements (September 2012)? I had a triple result with this poem as it was picked up by you, and by Presence magazine, as well as reprinted by tempslibre. :-)
warm regards,
Alan
thank you for sharing this with us.
I love the contrast in this one. The fragile bird call against the thunder. Thos two sound create a huge spatial feeling in the haiku.
Thanks a ton :)
A little late noticing this- but Nice one Kala.
This one has always been my favourite! Touches a chord somewhere deep!
have read this before…. remember Vinay had showcased this for the Indikukai with the theme; thunder. Love the contrast of the tiny bird and the mighty thunder.