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open sky :: SAMVAAD | 23rd July

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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 )


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sanjuktaa
Jul 27, 2023

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…

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sanjuktaa
Jul 25, 2023

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.

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Kala Ramesh
Kala Ramesh
Jul 23, 2023

Love it!

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mona bedi
mona bedi
Jul 23, 2023

I feel it is touching too!

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Kanjini Devi
Kanjini Devi
Jul 23, 2023

Love the humor in this!

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sanjuktaa
Jul 27, 2023
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Frankly, that never crossed my mind before. All a matter of perspective ...!

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