the old blind cat listens to the birds morning brightness
—Joan Prefontaine
Issue 18.1 | 21 May 2018
A sense of everything in balance, all's right with the world, complicated by "blind", obviously, and by "old" and "morning," which remind us that a moment is a momentary thing.
my neighbor's cat surveys the parking lot I need a new car
Best, Bill Kenney
Nice response Bill_! In my shallow mind, a dog steps to the other side of the car..
Too lovely for words! Thanks for sharing.
Anitha.
Beautiful ku with a lot to express.
singing bird– the blind man glimpses it
Pravat Kumar Padhy Publication Credit: Blog: Swimming in Lines of Haiku, July 2013
the spider climbs up the corner edge on stepping stones the handicapped boy aims towards the starlit sky
Pravat Kumar Padhy Publication Credit: Ribbons Fall Issue, Vol. 9 No. 2 2013
Grand,Joan. __ I see that dear old blind cat's head… bobbing from side to side… its ears catching each bird's song. A different "Brightness." Nice.
Very nice. I keep re-reading this!
Aw the old cat. Is he aware of the brightness even though he is blind. Certainly the birds will tell him its morning. Lovely.
marion
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May 21st, 2018 at 11:50 am
A sense of everything in balance, all's right with the world, complicated by "blind", obviously, and by "old" and "morning," which remind us that a moment is a momentary thing.
my neighbor's cat
surveys the parking lot
I need a new car
Best, Bill Kenney
May 23rd, 2018 at 8:11 am
Nice response Bill_! In my shallow mind, a dog steps to the other side of the car..
May 21st, 2018 at 8:44 pm
Too lovely for words! Thanks for sharing.
Anitha.
May 21st, 2018 at 9:22 pm
Beautiful ku with a lot to express.
singing bird–
the blind man
glimpses it
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Blog: Swimming in Lines of Haiku, July 2013
the spider climbs
up the corner edge
on stepping stones
the handicapped boy
aims towards the starlit sky
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Ribbons Fall Issue, Vol. 9 No. 2 2013
May 22nd, 2018 at 7:11 am
Grand,Joan.
__ I see that dear old blind cat's head… bobbing from side to side… its ears catching each bird's song. A different "Brightness." Nice.
May 24th, 2018 at 10:03 am
Very nice. I keep re-reading this!
May 30th, 2018 at 10:00 am
Aw the old cat. Is he aware of the brightness even though he is blind. Certainly the birds will tell him its morning. Lovely.
marion