tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post2224142486653667657..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: haiku - motherCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-71033360658890782432008-05-16T00:30:00.000+01:002008-05-16T00:30:00.000+01:00in the simpliest of task motherhood abounds...in the simpliest of task motherhood abounds...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-61844608766602571872008-05-14T16:00:00.000+01:002008-05-14T16:00:00.000+01:00I like the haiku very much. It has an appropriate ...I like the haiku very much. It has an appropriate kind of wistfulness.rbarenblathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882606147795083729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-84579439339988199492008-05-14T11:53:00.000+01:002008-05-14T11:53:00.000+01:00Your poem conjures up a lovely picture. xYour poem conjures up a lovely picture. xthis is my patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865567572989902864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-29420111964720014092008-05-13T19:30:00.000+01:002008-05-13T19:30:00.000+01:00i read a little danger into this. in the second li...i read a little danger into this. in the second line, i didn't know where they were leaping! ah, in the river! that makes sense. a good mother leading them to water. but i like the way the syllables work and the line breaks create suspense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-80586943554383928252008-05-13T08:07:00.000+01:002008-05-13T08:07:00.000+01:00I have actually seen this happen. It is an unforge...I have actually seen this happen. It is an unforgettable sight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-51801205660035253672008-05-13T02:00:00.000+01:002008-05-13T02:00:00.000+01:00:DThis poem brings a little happiness to my depres...:D<BR/><BR/>This poem brings a little happiness to my depression.Noah the Greathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777681562599472033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-46912989711839099822008-05-12T19:09:00.000+01:002008-05-12T19:09:00.000+01:00the chances we have to take... it is nice if some ...the chances we have to take... it is nice if some can be done in a controlled environment :)<BR/>well donepolonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631341810150848122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-71542435602819729602008-05-12T16:27:00.000+01:002008-05-12T16:27:00.000+01:00Mothers of all species tend to have that watchful ...Mothers of all species tend to have that watchful eye. I love the image and the connection to us as human mothers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-62839695403743652582008-05-12T15:38:00.000+01:002008-05-12T15:38:00.000+01:00As a mother, I feel the emotions, as we watch our ...As a mother, I feel the emotions, as we watch our children go off into the world....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948327328580337155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-15861350973433812652008-05-12T15:25:00.000+01:002008-05-12T15:25:00.000+01:00That marvellous mothering thing. Where would we be...That marvellous mothering thing. Where would we be without it?anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-12629826378604123302008-05-12T15:13:00.000+01:002008-05-12T15:13:00.000+01:00What is unsaid but ever so subtly hinted at is so ...What is unsaid but ever so subtly hinted at is so wonderful in this one. Very delightful Juliet.Janice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-64900995572227029662008-05-12T14:45:00.000+01:002008-05-12T14:45:00.000+01:00I would be a duckling here. (Ah, but I'm nine.)I c...I would be a duckling here. (Ah, but I'm nine.)<BR/><BR/>I can see them and I smile.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744896385434246402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-18289268197151955442008-05-12T14:44:00.000+01:002008-05-12T14:44:00.000+01:00I loved this, haiku being one of my favorite forms...I loved this, haiku being one of my favorite forms...<BR/>and thank you for the other links as well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-45856657348561237772008-05-12T14:02:00.000+01:002008-05-12T14:02:00.000+01:00a separation of sort? the children will leave thei...a separation of sort? the children will leave their parents in due time...totomaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805083472267649276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-69046614962284920292008-05-12T13:44:00.000+01:002008-05-12T13:44:00.000+01:00Mothers all over the universe are the same, be the...Mothers all over the universe are the same, be they human or birds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-7146495530368281872008-05-12T12:02:00.000+01:002008-05-12T12:02:00.000+01:00gingatao - I take haiku seriously enough to know t...gingatao - I take haiku seriously enough to know that syllable counting isn't the most important thing, there's nothing worse (in terms of haiku) than 5-7-5 with no sense of the spirit of haiku, I loke your point about six comments...Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-34928828887121756322008-05-12T11:58:00.000+01:002008-05-12T11:58:00.000+01:00I have noticed, which is why I felt safe to commen...I have noticed, which is why I felt safe to comment, some people take their haiku very seriously, which would be unbuddha-like, you know what would be good, if you could get six commenters, i am sure you will, and they will be like plopp plopp plopping into the pond of your haiku, that will be nice,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-37056375905975835292008-05-12T11:40:00.000+01:002008-05-12T11:40:00.000+01:00Angelika - yes I was thinking of the ducking/child...Angelika - yes I was thinking of the ducking/children comparison<BR/><BR/>Scot - thanks<BR/><BR/>gingatao - we could discuss for years the significance of any aspect of any haiku, that's what i love about them. Syllable counting? Ah you've found one of my rare 5-7-5 haiku! I don't make a point of that, as I think you will have noticedCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-76411610327811413432008-05-12T11:36:00.000+01:002008-05-12T11:36:00.000+01:00plop plop plop, water is an excellent thing to hav...plop plop plop, water is an excellent thing to have in haiku, and so ducklings plopping into ponds may be an image of far grander scale, even cosmological, the truth in a haiku has to huge, they are focusing device for mental energy, three concentric circles looking thru into the infinite, this is a cool one, i wont say a word about syllable counting, if you want to, fair enough,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-31107088546681149372008-05-12T10:23:00.000+01:002008-05-12T10:23:00.000+01:00ducklings/children...one by one they go (into the ...ducklings/children...<BR/><BR/>one by one they go (into the river/to their life far away from home)<BR/><BR/>best wishes,<BR/>Angelikahaiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01004167617562345120noreply@blogger.com