haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

whales are roaring

in the poem I read

(Previously published in tempslibre)

polona said...: powerful.; 10:12 AM
Anonymous said...: Roaring whales - how wonderful! Love this one, Bill.; 3:49 PM
Bill said...: Thanks, polona and aurora. The brook is in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The poem is by Gyodai:

In the dawn,
Whales roaring;
A frosty sea

tr. R. H. Blyth; 6:38 PM
Pat Paulk said...: I hear their song in the haiku I'm reading!!; 4:49 AM
Bill said...: Thnaks, pat. Glad to hear it.; 8:59 PM
Tikkis said...: Thanks Bill for Gyodai's;
I have seen some whales at sea, but not heard them roaring, so now I was a lucky one also!

(Perhaps those vessels I was onboard made so much noise that nothing more could not be heard...); 11:40 AM
Bill said...: My pleasure, tikkis. An important part of the moment for me was that I've never heard whales roaring, either. But, thanks to Gyodai, there by the brook behind the motel, I could hear them clearly.; 3:49 PM