blossoms . . .
the dog leap-curves
toward the frisbee

 

 

 

(originally published in Frogpond,Vol. XXX, No. 2, 2007)

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.

11 thoughts on “”

  1. Kala,
    Lots of graceful action in L2 and L3.
    And the blossoms as a backdrop reverberate Spring in the park.
    Well Done.
    Jan Benson

  2. An action-packed spring day beautifully caught, Kala! The dog leap-curves upwards, towards the gliding frisbee, and I can see some petals spiraling downwards. The shapes match, yet with the inherent differences.

  3. __ In your painting Kala, among your blossoms, I imagined a hummingbird that quickly evaded that frisbee's flight. A minimal echo, _m:

    hummingbird
    escapes this spinning frisbee
    a dog's bark

  4. Lots of fun!

    Here's one I forgot I wrote that got picked up by a Russian site:

    the station approach
    a man and his dog training
    for the world cup match

    Alan Summers
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    .

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