Adjei Agyei-Baah is the co-founder of Africa Haiku Network and an English language lecturer at the University of Ghana Distance Learning Center, Kumasi campus. He writes from Ghana and promotes haiku in Africa.
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A wonderful poem in one-line! A really nice surprise…
It is difficult to add a new spin on often written about subjects–both dragonflies and wind are transformed by the poet in this effective visual one-liner.
Hello Peter thanks for your uplighting comment. It comes as an inspiration to deepen myself more in the aesthetics of the haiku art. Am glad i was able to make an impression
love your version too Marie. your use of "delay" can be compared to my use of "pause"…different diction, same imagery and that makes haiku a beautiful poetry genre
Wow! I spend a great deal of time communing with nature and this moment, that you have so succinctly, poetically and flawlessly captured, has been the focus of many a meditation. Well done!
__Thoughtful words; we -all- are parallels to this dragonfly, pausing in the winds that we -all- may have created for ourselves
__Here, Baobab, without pausing, you've acknowledged each commenter… a fine social attribute! _m
—ADJEI AGYEI-BAAH
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Wonderful natural history capture! I used to spend many dawns around a Billabong writing poems before the other Landcare workers came along, watching dragonflies and other critters.
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Here are two more July haiku using the image of the dragonfly. :-)
quickening its rain
through the eye of a needle
the dragonfly’s glint
Alan Summers
Scope (FAWQ magazine) July 2015 vol. 61 no. 6
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dragonfly army I slip off the skins of men in pain
Alan Summers
Bones – journal for contemporary haiku no. 7 July 15th 2015
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Hi Alan, sorry for my late response. I really appreciate your earlier comment on this ku. It is still fresh in memory. This addition come as additional luster and thanks as well for sharing your dragonfly kus along my mine.
A wonderful poem in one-line! A really nice surprise…
thanks for your kind comment andrea and happy to know my liner had a positive impact on you.
Thanks a ton for the compliment Andreacecon. Still perfecting myself in the art–Adjei Agyei-Baah
It is difficult to add a new spin on often written about subjects–both dragonflies and wind are transformed by the poet in this effective visual one-liner.
Hello Peter thanks for your uplighting comment. It comes as an inspiration to deepen myself more in the aesthetics of the haiku art. Am glad i was able to make an impression
Perfect timing-as I see dragonflies every where lately. Your haiku will stick with me.
Thanks Dawn for your assuring words. i'm so happy that my haiku has become a part of you!
the dragonfly
longing to delay
the final flight
love your version too Marie. your use of "delay" can be compared to my use of "pause"…different diction, same imagery and that makes haiku a beautiful poetry genre
sheen of dragonflies
in the rainbowed arc
of the sprinkler
KLP
(paper wasp, spring 2008)
Love the movement/moment caught in your dragonfly monostitch Adjei.
Wow! I spend a great deal of time communing with nature and this moment, that you have so succinctly, poetically and flawlessly captured, has been the focus of many a meditation. Well done!
I can only echo everyone else's comments, your words have captured this mesmerising creature beautifully …
my breath caught by a dragonfly not landing
intriguing…i have run out of comment on this liner
Absolutely fabulous. The dragonfly suspended in mid air with a gust of wind cannot be lost to the senses. Beautiful imagery and great choice of word.
__Thoughtful words; we -all- are parallels to this dragonfly, pausing in the winds that we -all- may have created for ourselves
__Here, Baobab, without pausing, you've acknowledged each commenter… a fine social attribute! _m
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a dragonfly pausing the wind
—ADJEI AGYEI-BAAH
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Wonderful natural history capture! I used to spend many dawns around a Billabong writing poems before the other Landcare workers came along, watching dragonflies and other critters.
.
Here are two more July haiku using the image of the dragonfly. :-)
quickening its rain
through the eye of a needle
the dragonfly’s glint
Alan Summers
Scope (FAWQ magazine) July 2015 vol. 61 no. 6
*
*
dragonfly army I slip off the skins of men in pain
Alan Summers
Bones – journal for contemporary haiku no. 7 July 15th 2015
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Hi Alan, sorry for my late response. I really appreciate your earlier comment on this ku. It is still fresh in memory. This addition come as additional luster and thanks as well for sharing your dragonfly kus along my mine.
Thanks Adjei! :-)
Wonderful imagery. A really great one liner!.
I enjoyed your poem…
Love this one, Adjei! :)
marion
midge haze –
a dragonfly skip jives
with its reflection
Shamrock, Journal of the Irish Haiku Society
No 18, 2011