Ah, reminds me of the famous song "row row row your boat merrily down the stream …Life is but a Dream" and also something from Kabir as well, where we are like paper boats that float until they slowly dissolve in the water.
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Itadakimasu
love letters on blue paper
to every soul fed
Alan Summers
EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2016 Foodcrop Haiku (The Haiku Foundation)
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March 30th, 2018 at 12:23 pm
Nice one, David.
March 30th, 2018 at 1:38 pm
this life
paper boats
on a stream
—DAVID OATES
Ah, reminds me of the famous song "row row row your boat merrily down the stream …Life is but a Dream" and also something from Kabir as well, where we are like paper boats that float until they slowly dissolve in the water.
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.
Itadakimasu
love letters on blue paper
to every soul fed
Alan Summers
EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2016 Foodcrop Haiku (The Haiku Foundation)
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April 1st, 2018 at 11:34 am
this life
paper boats
on a stream
– David Oates
Mmm, how fragile our journey through life.
Marvellous verse.
April 4th, 2018 at 7:12 am
Beautiful ku with minimalistic expression. It reminds me of my haiku:
first rain
the paper boat carries
my childhood
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credits: Asahi Haikuist Network 31.5.2013
Butter Fly Dream Anthology, 2013
*****
paper boat
the old man unfolds
his memories
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Otata 19, July 2017
Nicely crafted with subtle philosophical touch.
April 11th, 2018 at 6:38 am
Yes, David. We are carried along with the flow of everything – nature, everyday living…how much choice do we really have?
Marion
April 22nd, 2018 at 1:41 pm
a good one, David!
April 22nd, 2018 at 2:18 pm
All the precious ephemerality of this life, nicely captured.