haiku-usa: stone

Saturday, April 27, 2013

sitting on this stone

where a wall used to be . . .

the gentle rain

Third place, Caribbean Kigo Kukai, April 2013. Kigo: stone

polona said...: whether the wall was brought down by time or by human hand is irrelevant as it's the sentiment that the poet manages to evoke that counts...; 10:42 AM
Magyar said...: Old stone walls... one of my favorite keys of history.
__We find stone walls in the forests, straight lined with perpendicular crossing points; once, that forest was farmland and we will wonder... as our minds step... back into that time.

Thanks for this fine reminder, Bill. _m; 10:16 AM
Iris said...: Hi Bill

very fine (gentle) haiku :) I like your style :)
Best regards
Iris; 11:18 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, polona. The last line is meant to suggest not only the current weaather, but the possibility that the force[s] that brought down the wall may be, in themselves, "gentle."

Thanks, Doug. I consider this a New England haiku.

Thank you for that most encouraging comment, Iris.; 12:43 PM
Monika said...: I don't know why, but your haiku made me think of Ursula Le Guin's first novel "A wizard of Earthsea". There is a wall in it and when I read your fine haiku, I saw this wall ...; 11:01 AM
jem said...: Oh, I like this. A great sense of patience and acceptance. The things we build, the things that fall.; 3:07 AM
Bill said...: What an interesting association, Monika. Thanks.

A sensitive reading, Jem. Thanks.; 5:36 AM

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