monsoons begin with each day's rains
the hills turn greener greener
Originally appeared in beyond the horizon beyond (Vishwakarma Publications 2017)
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. View all posts by Kala Ramesh
The repetition of 'greener greener' — such anticipation! This is just one of the jewels in your book.
Thanks Marie Shimane…
So very happy you like this zip.
Thanks also for remembering by book – beyond the horizon beyond
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Thank you so much, Marie
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__Grand again Kala, and I thank you, as it and you have prompted this instant's echo_! Nature's given tools and their essence, that gift of rain. _m
seasons rain
green sings this sound of life
natures gift
Thanks Magyar.
So very happy to read your comment and your response ku.
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Sorry, I don’t get it or like it at all!
heron hatchling
pining in its nest
for parents ?
I sure like your honesty and yes, zip haiku (the late John Carley's creation) is about pauses and what is does to the image.
It's a two-line ku and with 15 sound units.
To quote John, "The 'zip' is just a style of prosody. What matters most of course is the artistic sensibility brought to the writing of haiku"
There must be no end to how green the hills become!
Yes, Sheila,
Very correctly observed …
I share this hill with Pune University and the city is best during monsoons …
Thanks for your comment.
Anticipation is a perfect word.
The green hills in Kala's poem, reveals not only beauty, but a necessity to feed crops and animals that in turn feed us, and the wonderful senses within her poem, feeds the poetic soul.
Thanks a ton, Carol
Oh, I love this zip, Kala! The repetition of 'greener' is inspired. :)
marion
Thanks a lot, Marion