this young boy tossing pebbles into clouds, and you, telling me i'm too old to dream bathing beside echoes; the watch night bell she sings to me in the breath...
very lovely. robert robert wilson <coltrane@...> wrote: this young boy tossing pebbles into clouds, and you, telling me i'm too old to dream bathing...
EROS SERIES XX CXCVI Plum blossoms opening - I kiss her smooth bare legs ... New desires unfolding ... Hugh Bygott CXCVII Drought-stricken willow - your...
EROS SERIES XX CXCVIII nippy afternoon still she swings her feathered fan Billie Dee CXCIX I offer new pants to the scarecrow man - the sparkle in his eyes! ...
** *fresh snow - your whiteness strikes me once again* ... We were woken up in the early morning by the local policeman. Grandma Stonefield was missing since...
A quality haiku is one that cuts to the essence of a subject; not the rose but the scent of the rose. It doesn't "tell all" and does more than describe ...
Well statet, Robert san. Just watched my weekly NHK Haiku program. The problem of MA, the things that you do not say, that fill the pause and give the reader a...
*the smell of the antiseptic - ...white rose * this device that presses my breast - heavy snow * from somewhere a song about summer - don't move! breathe! ...
... This one resonates with me Robert -- for reasons that are not entirely clear to my conscious mind. I see it in my mind's eye. I feel it. And, in some...
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Feb 2, 2007 10:07 am
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Death is all around me. late summer wind . . . wave after wave sinks back into the sea Season word: late summer wind (summer). -- Richard Kay, 2 February, 2007...
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EROS SERIES XX CC A chance on a Spring day - our eyes meet as we pass ... this persisting desire. Hugh Bygott SERIES XXI CCI Her filigree earrings tremble -...
I really enjoyed this one, Gabi -- despite the sad subject matter. An interesting, and engaging, combination of poetry and prose. -- Richard Kay, 2 February,...
Richard Kay
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Feb 2, 2007 12:42 pm
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oh gabi san, such a melancholy picture. I bow and add to yours, michele cold as snow this fallen flower still beautiful...
Thank you Robert. This post goes into the files, to be reread and savored. I find the best leadership comes with example as well as encouragement. This does...
EROS SERIES XX CC A chance on a Spring day - our eyes meet as we pass ... this persisting desire. Hugh Bygott SERIES XXI CCI Her filigree earrings tremble -...
Why not to add it to our sea sequence, Richard? Zhanna ... From: kai croft To: simply_haiku@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 9:55 AM Subject:...
SERIES XXI CCI Her filigree earrings tremble - April wind nibbling on her earlobes. Zhanna P. Rader CCII Her coral lips ready, she seals my lips with a...
SERIES XXI CCII Her coral lips ready, she seals my lips with a touch ... A hint of Spring scandal. Hugh Bygott CCIII My lips and tongue stained with...
Thank you, Kai. Thanks for the compliment Zhanna, and for the invitation to add to your sea sequence which I must politely decline. I avoid group writing ...
Richard Kay
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Feb 2, 2007 11:06 pm
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... a willing prisoner to your eye captured by a summer moon michele...
perfect, Richard. So much a description of the shock of losing friends, loved ones and dreams, beginning in the late summer of one's life. A bow in thanks,...
Thank you for those kind words, Michele. -- Richard Kay, 3 February, 2007 http://witheredweeds.blogspot.com/...
Richard Kay
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Feb 2, 2007 11:43 pm
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Thanks for the Culinate info Gary. I sent them three ku and they chose the weakest one (haha) for the finals, a padded 5-7-5 thingy that really should have...
This was my attempt to write a "tasty" 5-7-5 haiku that I submitted to the Culinate contest. They did not select it as a finalist. sweet potato pie ...
