ascension —
sunlight through the wings
of the shad fly
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Marianne Paul
Marianne Paul is a Canadian poet and writer. Her book, Body Weight, A Collection of Haiku and Art, placed first in the Haiku Canada Marianne Bluger Award for chapbooks. Marianne is also honoured to have won the Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Competition, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Festival, and Sonic Boom’s VISPO Contest for visual poems. Her latest book is the drift from here to where, a collection of haiga. Marianne’s happy obsessions include book arts and bookbinding, easy kayaking, shade gardening, and back porch birdwatching. She has started a small press, paper heron books, that features one of a kind hand-crafted chapbooks. View all posts by Marianne Paul
Love this!
Wonderful.
Very beautiful!
—–
A brief life
But an endless horizon
Marianne
So much up drifting good energy in this ku!
Jan Benson
Graphic and uplifting. To be read again and again.
Very beautiful, Marianne.
Yes! Thank you, Marianne, this is lovely!
Yes, a gorgeous haiku !
Thank you!
-Marianne Paul
I love the occasional high register word in haiku. I have a couple up my sleeve too. :-)
"ascension" is a wonderfully mellifluous choice!
Your haiku is then beautifully 'grounded' with naming the type of fly:
ascension—
sunlight through the wings
of the shad fly
—MARIANNE PAUL
The shad fly is deeply embedded in culture and a very haiku subject due to its fleeting transience akin to cherry blossom.
"The name shadfly is from the Atlantic fish the shad, which runs up American East Coast rivers at the same time as many mayflies emerge."
Wikipedia
warm regards,
Alan
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So simple and wonderful
I love it, Marianne! :)
marion