Monday, 2 October 2006

haiku - books

On One Deep Breath this week the prompt is to write a haiku or tanka about books. So I thought of an outdoor scene for an environmentalist with her books:

in a shady spot –
the wind blows through the leaves
of my favourite book.

19 comments:

Jade L Blackwater said...

I love the play on leaves. What a peaceful image!

MB said...

Nicely done.

susanlavonne said...

SO clever!!! bravo! bravo!

jzr said...

very nice!!

Anonymous said...

Nice image, love the leaves line.

kerrdelune said...

Wind, blowing leaves and a book, what a splendid marriage of imagery there is in this haiku, so evocative. . .

Becca said...

Lovely play on words!

Very serene haiku :)

sonia a. mascaro said...

Beautiful image!

I just wanted to say thank you for your visiting and nice comment about my trees!

JP (mom) said...

elegant & lovely haiku ... I love the imagery it evokes

jillypoet said...

So clever! Makes me want to go out and read under a tree!

Catherine said...

That's lovely - it's raining here, so no reading outside, sadly. But yes, the play on "leaves" is a wonderful image.

R.Powers said...

Beautiful image. Well done.

Julie said...

I love being outdoors to read (but rarely are the conditions condudive!) Great play on the "leaves."

Tammy Brierly said...

This brings back beautiful moments of reading outdoors. I had forgotten...thank you! Creative and lovely :)

Mimey said...

What a nice pivot! But how irritating when you don't want to lose your place ;-)

Helen said...

I love reading outdoors under a tree. thanks for reminding me of that wonderful memory. :)

Ian russell said...

yes, a lovely twist - i enjoyed this!

Annie Jeffries said...

I can hear the sound of the leaves both above you and in your lap. Lovely.

Crafty Green Poet said...

Hi everyone, isn't it a shame that in the northern countries of the northern hemisphere that its now too late in the year for this!

JvS - yes it could be irritating!