Dan Curtis lives in Victoria, British Columbia. His work has appeared in many of the leading English language journals and magazines including Frogpond, Heron's Nest, and Modern Haiku. He is a member of Haiku Canada, the Haiku Society of America, and Haiku Arbutus.
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Wonderfully and poignantly crafted. The word 'little' may or may not mean a kitten or young cat, of course, but that's another reading I can make. What I get from 'rusted' is that this is both a very long time ago, even decades, and perhaps the collar was amongst the remains of a relative passed away recently.
Whatever reading is correct, I personally get a lot from the poem.
I'm sort of a cat person, mostly because they adopt me:
exchanging winks
how come this cat knows
my midnight reasons
Alan Summers
Raindrop, A Journal Of Short Form Poetry (Issue 1, 2013)
It is an emotional ku. Dan has crafted the poem with vivid images. The word phrase,'rusted' speaks a lot. Perhaps there is no liberation and freedom in the life of the cat. Its voice is also made silent. The haiku renders a meaningful message. A brilliant creation by Dan Curtis.
In contrast, the following haiku portrays differently.
green light
every one crosses
also a cat
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Bottle Rockets #27, August 2012 (Ed. Stanford M. Forrester)
the tadpole
swims away
a frog ?
Made me smile, Mike.
I had to stop my holiday preparations to say how much I like this!
Thank you, Gaby. Kind of you to stop your holiday preparations in order to comment. I'm glad my haiku works for you.
cat collar
the little bell
rusted silent
—DAN CURTIS
Wonderfully and poignantly crafted. The word 'little' may or may not mean a kitten or young cat, of course, but that's another reading I can make. What I get from 'rusted' is that this is both a very long time ago, even decades, and perhaps the collar was amongst the remains of a relative passed away recently.
Whatever reading is correct, I personally get a lot from the poem.
I'm sort of a cat person, mostly because they adopt me:
exchanging winks
how come this cat knows
my midnight reasons
Alan Summers
Raindrop, A Journal Of Short Form Poetry (Issue 1, 2013)
Alan, thank you for your kind comments. I'm glad you like my ku. It's always nice to meet another cat person. Really like "exchanging winks".
I enjoyed the layers to be found in your haiku, Dan. Wonderful work!
Best,
Theresa C.
Thank you, Theresa. Much appreciate your comments!
It is an emotional ku. Dan has crafted the poem with vivid images. The word phrase,'rusted' speaks a lot. Perhaps there is no liberation and freedom in the life of the cat. Its voice is also made silent. The haiku renders a meaningful message. A brilliant creation by Dan Curtis.
In contrast, the following haiku portrays differently.
green light
every one crosses
also a cat
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Bottle Rockets #27, August 2012 (Ed. Stanford M. Forrester)
Pravat, thank you for your very kind words in praise of my haiku. I appreciate the time you took to comment on it.
I quite like your cat ku as well.
Exquisite haiku. So much said with so few words.
Thank you, Janet. Glad this is working for you.
So poignant. This ku tugs at my heart strings! I dread the day my fur babies are ?silenced?.
Thanks, Marie. I am glad this works for you. It is always a sad time when we have to say goodbye to our animal companions.