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Monday 14 May 2007

haiku - nurture

fine dark soil
and a red watering can –
green shoots.

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a fresh salmon
on a jumble of twigs –
squawking osprey chicks.


nurture for One Deep Breath

18 comments:

  1. beautiful haiku.
    I like the first especially. I see my mom planting and watering.

    Also liked your "silence" post and that you included the source of your recycled materials.

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  2. i love the "aha! moment-ness" of this ! (despite my lame description)

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  3. beautiful, especially like the second one...

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  4. fifi - thanks - glad it reminds you of your mom!

    Susan - thanks, "aha momentness" - yes I've never found a good way of saying that either!

    Polona - thanks!

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  5. Anonymous2:07 pm

    The first one sounds very oriental. I like it.

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  6. Oh, these were both wonderful- very sensual and vivid in their imagery!

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  7. ...interesting read, enjoyed the haiku.

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  8. Anonymous3:23 pm

    Yes, very nice, well crafted haiku. The clarity of the first and the "aha" moment is wonderful.

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  9. Anonymous4:38 pm

    I enjoyed both of these very much. The first does sound like roots haiku. Very nice...

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  10. I loved how you gave us the image of a red can and a fresh salmon as nurtures.

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  11. These are so full of color! Love the first one especially :)

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  12. Really nice haikus. In the first one I love the colors and how the haiku is rich with new life. In the second one I love the variety of images and also the squawking chicks -- I can hear them as I read it.

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  13. You are very 'crafty' indeed with your poems... I really like these haiku. The traditional feel to them is divine.

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  14. I am unable to add anything to what others have said. I like them both very much.

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  15. Anonymous10:08 am

    i particularly liked the 'jumble of twigs' in the snapshot of the second haiku, and the colourful elements of the natural recipe in the first.

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  16. The colour of the first was palpable. Mmm.

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  17. Your first one spoke to me, it was enough on its own and yet I knew that any second another color could appear - or not.

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  18. i like these haikus - esp. the green shoot in the red watering can :-)

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