Ancestors’ Day–
sandals pile up
in the entryway
Published by
Alan S. Bridges
Alan S. Bridges began writing haiku in 2008 after a chance meeting with poet John Stevenson, Managing Editor of The Heron's Nest, on a cross-America train trip. Alan especially likes train and fishing haiku, and is assembling haiku for a book. Alan's haiku have been published widely and he won the 2013 Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition. In 2014 he was named a judge of the Haiku Society of America Gerald Brady Senryu Contest and won an honorable mention for the 25th ITO EN Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest-- His haiku will appear on ITO EN bottles of green tea later in 2015. Also in 2015, Alan won first prize for the Kaji Aso Studio International Haiku Contest. View all posts by Alan S. Bridges
Reminds me of one of mine from a visit to Thailand:
sandals clog
the temple entrance—
sand between my toes
Cool. It's a Cambodian holiday honoring the dead.
Thanks for the connection!
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Ancestors’ Day–
sandals pile up
in the entryway
—ALAN S. BRIDGES
Just like sand, our footwear can clog up everything. I wonder how many items of footwear there are in the world right now?
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café orquídea …
the soft shuffle of shoes
round a dragon tree
Canary Islands
Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit vol. 14 No. 2 (2004)
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Ancestors’ Day–
sandals pile up
in the entryway
—ALAN S. BRIDGES
There are so many items of footwear in the world, I wonder how many, and which planet could they reach if they were put end to end?
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café orquídea…
the soft shuffle of shoes
round a dragon tree
[Canary Islands]
Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit vol. 14 No. 2 (2004)
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Wonderful!
Nicely done. The practice of leaving ones shoes off before entering is a lost respect in this country
Love the visuals in this.
marion