I have another of those ridiculously busy weeks, this week, and will hardly be online until the weekend. So my apologies for missing lots of your posts, and I’ll also post my own one a little earlier than I would have otherwise.
As I have mentioned before, I don’t write a lot of poetry, mainly because it never seems to work out as well as I would like. But, in defiance of that, here are a few haiku from my notebooks, ones that seem a little better than most.
Be gentle with me, kind reader.
September sunshine.
Lazily picking apples;
A hint of autumn.
Yellow chestnut leaves
Rattling wildly in the wind –
– Autumn’s prayer flags
A sycamore leaf,
Caught midair in this cobweb
Is frozen in time.
Lime tree’s final leaf
Hangs yellow in the lamp glow
Waiting for the wind.
Fat, white snowberries
Clustered upon bare branches;
Pale moons in the dusk.
Oh Mick, I am going to miss you far too much. But these haikus go some way for making up for it 🙂
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I’ll…Be…Back…
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Nice work Mick. They’ve come together well.
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Thanks, Frank. Coming from you, that is praise indeed!
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They flow well, I think. Good stuff. Cheers.
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Cheers!
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They’re all amazing Mick!
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Thanks, Divya!
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Nice.
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Thank, Colin.
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Dear Mike, Hello! And Namaste! I discovered your wonderful blog through Arv’s reblog on Jaipurthrumylence. I haven’t read your posts other the one reblogged and the about section. But i’m sure i’m gonna enjoy your writings.
Your Haikus here, they are awesome. Such lovely images they capture. They left me wanting more.
I’m no professional writer, nor a poetess. But just like you I used to satisfy my poetry-writing thirst by writing haikus in my mother tongue.
See you again!
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Thanks, Mana, for those kind words, and thanks for visiting. Look forward to seeing you on here again.
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Busy modern world
No time to contemplate
The soul of nature
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Not bad…we’ll make a poet of you yet, Dave!
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Not likely – most poetry leaves a dry as dust taste for me. Haiku I can at least fake.
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I’ll get back to you later with the course details!
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Lovely set of haiku poems, Mick. Really enjoyed the lines… 🙂
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Thanks, Maniparna!
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“Lime tree’s final leaf
Hangs yellow in the lamp glow
Waiting for the wind.”
Beautiful imagery here Mick. I’m fighting the urge to throw in a few superlatives and adverbs.
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Thanks, Gabe. That’s most kind!
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Lovely Haiku. Never knew you write poems also. It has come together well. Comeback soon. Good luck for your busy days Mick.
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Thanks, Meena. I don’t write many! Back properly at the weekend.
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All of them are written beautifully and convey a vivid imagery of nature.
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Thanks, Somali. Perhaps I’ll risk putting a few more up another time.
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That sounds good.👍👍👍
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Your haikus are all so lovely and delicate Mick 🙂 I really enjoyed reading them
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Thank you. That’s very kind!
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I enjoyed them all and your images were a nice compliment.
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Thanks, Ali, and thanks for visiting.
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Great Work!
can you check out mine?
https://alfatoon.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/i-wonna-tell-you/?frame-nonce=2858d350c7
thank you!
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These are so good! Wow
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Thank you! Very kind!
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