open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 12th October
- sanjuktaa
- Oct 12, 2025
- 1 min read
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
raking leaves
I think of my father
thinking of his father
-Matthew Cariello
(Wisteria, 2009)
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
raking leaves
I think of my father
thinking of his father
-Matthew Cariello
(Wisteria, 2009)
Wonderfully penned poem and the reminiscence attached to it. Thanks for the details and the thought behind this haiku, Sanjuktaa! A pleasure to read!
Matthew Cariello says:
This is a one-draft poem that occurred to me just as it appears, with no revisions. I consider myself lucky to have written it down. It’s really a senryu with only one image and a reaction – “I think of my father” – with another reaction embedded in it – “thinking of his father.” Raking leaves is a seasonal reference in the US, that marks the changing season, so it acts as a kind of kigo. Every year we have to rake leaves, which is both a blessing and a burden. While we rake, we still live. Others have raked before us. The cycle continues.
Nice one.
Beautiful poem!!!
A lovely layered ku highlighting our eternal links to each other.