hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Kashiana Singh
she said she'd return
as a seagull
which one
----Scott Mason
( Finalist in Jack Stamm Haiku Contest, 2009 )
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Kashiana Singh
she said she'd return
as a seagull
which one
----Scott Mason
( Finalist in Jack Stamm Haiku Contest, 2009 )
And here is the beautiful story by Scott Mason behind the writing of this poem.
I grew up in a town called Bay Shore on Long Island (in New York State), and as both those place names suggest I was always near the water. Over the first five decades of my life, even after moving away, I would return and often visit the ocean with my mother. She absolutely loved the water -- she lived for the summer -- and passed that love on to me. Mom would often half-jokingly say that she'd want to come back as a seagull, presumably so she could spend more (and all) time in her beloved element. For her, such a reincarnated state w…
Hi everybody, if anyone is interested, there is just one week left to enter the "Small Wonders" Haiku Contest that Scott Mason will be judging. Here are the details: “Small Wonders” Haiku Contest - Katonah Poetry Series. He asked to post this on his behalf.
Love it!
I feel it is touching too!
Love the humor in this!