her plait in step with her hips a string of jasmine
(First published in Bones, an e-book in PDF format by Kala Ramesh and Marlene Mountain)
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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
Lovely one liner Kala! So aesthetically visual!
Thanks Yesha. Most kind of you to take the time to comment here. Appreciate your gesture.
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A notable verse, Kala, and I've been quickly inspired.
__From time to time, I scribble one liners as they were once written in the original (but, vertical) Japanese format; here is this moments 'woven' echo. Thank you_! _m
braided trails twist within these forest trees the vines weave
That's a nice one Magyar!
Thanks for liking my ku too!
Delightful!
Thanks Alison ^_^
Beautifully done!
Thanks Padma. Very kind of you to take time off and comment.
I do appreciate that!
playful.
Thanks MaryJo
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Visuals, scent, rhythm, all in movement. Impressive!
(Is the ebook still available somewhere?)
Thanks Sheila.
It is always available on BONES library which is the site that tinywords have given here.
Just click on this:
(First published in Bones, an e-book in PDF format by Kala Ramesh and Marlene Mountain) http://www.bonesjournal.com/…/kala-marlene…
and you can read all our 100 one-line verses :))
Thanks Sheila. Happy you could relate to it!
The ebook is free and tinywords has given the link above – just click on it and it will take you to Bones library
Joyful :)
losing time skipping rope her plaits unravel
V nice Jane Williams.
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saucy, alive, and fragrant! <3
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Thanks!
Wonderful as Usual Kala so sensual… I can smell the lingering jasmine
Thanks Martin :))
Really happy you can 'feel and smell' this ku
A one-liner I totally identify with…
Thanks a ton, Vidya ^_^
Lovely image; the braid dangles in front!!
Thanks a lot, Mallick!
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Very nice sense of movement and scent.
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night jasmine
trying to find it…
the yellow half moon
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Presence 14 (2001); Cornell University, Mann Library, U.S.A. "Daily Haiku" poet October 2001
Written in the Mehrauli district of New Delhi, India.
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Lovely ku, Alan
Thanks for liking mine! _/\_
Only getting to read this one now, Kala! I love how you've combined visual and olfactory aspects in this haiku – even better read in a jaunty rhythm. :)
marion
Thank you, Marion _/\_