People often ask my if I have been studying the art of haiku under a Japanese master for the last 30 years or is it that I am just naturally gifted. I'll let you be the judge of this.
For An Antipodean On A Journey
A silvered-finned
Winter-summer fish
flipped from south to north.
For My Husband To Be (Fingers Crossed)
A paraclete colossus
Sword up thrust.
Truth-spurting Madrileno
A Young Dashing Blade
Striding from Garron to knife point
Through labland with a
white coat swinging.
To A Woman Trembling On The Brink
A rare bird migrated
and prepared its nest
with helianthus.
oh, oh, and oh! I am so delighted!
thankyouthankyouthankyou: I am printing it out right now.
bless you
Posted by: fifi | November 13, 2007 at 11:49 PM
ooooooooooooh lovely.
I think you must have been Sei Shōnagon or a Haiku maestro with one of those very long japanese brushes and large tub of ink in your previous life.
ps: do the masses not have access to your husband to be any more?
Posted by: rara avis | November 13, 2007 at 11:54 PM
I'm seeing the 'a' in 'a white coat' as superfluous?
Posted by: Nelly | November 14, 2007 at 09:19 AM
Ganching, this is very wonderful, and just what I needed today. Thank you.
(Nelly: dunno but it sounds good either way.)
Posted by: Freshblade | November 14, 2007 at 09:17 PM
Ah, all very nice. :)
Posted by: Bliss | November 15, 2007 at 06:17 AM
wow!
Posted by: azuradec | November 15, 2007 at 02:35 PM
Ahh yes that's it! My creative juices are now used up for the next ten years or so. Next year it's definitely scented candles for everyone.
Posted by: ganching | November 16, 2007 at 08:40 AM
And I was thinking that the creative pause was due to an epic poem being composed on my (albeit unknown) behalf.
Posted by: David | November 19, 2007 at 05:04 PM
I was actually thinking of something along the lines of A Dance to The Music of Time or maybe The Barchester Chronicles - nothing less than an epic novel anyway.
Posted by: ganching | November 19, 2007 at 08:57 PM