Abu Dhabi
above the falcon’s cry
dawn

 

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martin gottlieb cohen

Martin Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor.

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  1. An evocative cultural image. It has compelled me to read up on the significance of this bird of prey in Emirati history. Also, I love the way dawn is linked to but above above the falcon's cry, bringing to mind perhaps the sound of the first of the five Islamic calls to prayer … wonderful.

  2. Thank you Jane for your thoughtful comments, by the way, I truly love your haiku:

    overcast
    the fluffed up kookaburra
    holds his laugh

    Names, places, things that have a musicality draw me in to it. I am compelled to say it repeatedly. I still cannot stop laughing every time I say your wonderful haiku. Anyone unfamiliar with the kookaburra’s laugh should find it on YouTube. I look forward to reading your first haiku collection that I found on Amazon “echoes of flight: haiku & senryu”.

    1. Thank you Martin for commenting further on my own haiku and for encouraging people to seek out the kookaburra's laugh! I hope you find more to enjoy in 'echoes of flight'.

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