among the driftwood
PART TWO
among the driftwood
‘Haiku along with other poems deserve more than one reading. If possible, they should be read aloud. While they often spark immediate recognition and appreciation, they give up their full meanings more slowly. They are, in fact, the most compressed of all poems. I like to think that means they are charged with extra energy and vitality. Certainly, they engage the reader as a co-creator.’ – Peggy Willis Lyles (1939 – 2010).
But first some music (Nature by AShamaluevMusic) to set the mood. You don’t have to play it – it’s your choice. But I think it works …
My haiku have been variously described as ‘transcendental’ – ‘inspiring, interesting, and brilliantly written.’ Like ‘love letters to nature’ – ‘conjuring many layers of loveliness, with the lightness of gently falling leaves’. Such beautiful words to treasure. Thank you! (Josie Holford, Isabella Kramer, Jodie Hawthorne, and Rosalind Maud).
So gently shoosh the cat out of the chair and when you’re ready … But if you’d like to know a little more about me and how I became a haiku poet, assuming you haven’t read that part already, then here’s a link – across the meadow – which will take you back to the start of my haiku story.
Oh and if you haven’t already twigged most of my haiku are about birds – these first two (both tanka) though, written for my wife Jan, being the exception …
on the beach
a stolen moment
hand in hand
among the driftwood
a mermaids purse
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waking up
… next to you
waking up
we snuggle back down
under the covers
across the meadow – part 8 (Contd)
