adopted ?
at the river’s origin
I quench my thirst
(originally appeared in Bottle Rockets #34)
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Susan Constable
Susan Constable mainly writes haiku and tanka, receiving her inspiration from life on the west coast of Canada. Her work is widely published in both print and online journals, as well as in numerous anthologies. She has judged several contests as well as co-edited a couple of haiku and tanka anthologies She was the tanka editor for the online journal A Hundred Gourds from March 2012 to June 2016.
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The feeling of resting, content that you are where you began, where you belong. Loved your haiku.
The feeling of resting, content that you are where you began, where you belong. Loved your haiku.
Poignant, Susan
Deep and many layered and I think this ku will stay with me.
As Kala says, many-layered. How many kinds of thirst does this include?
Bill Kenney
Nice one, Susan. Thanks for sharing.
__Susan, your heartful verse stimulated this, this view of Earthy cycles; I thank you Susan. _m
spring's spill
its water flows to the seas
earth's blood
__That spring, the rivers source, where life of Earth begins.
What a rich and beautiful haiku this is, Susan.
Lovely!
Very nice.
A fine ku, Susan.
marion