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open sky :: SAMVAAD | 5th June

hosts: Sanjuktaa Asopa & Vandana Parashar


bluebells

carrying the drift

of rain into dusk


---- Joanna Ashwell

(First Prize, British Haiku Society Awards 2020, Blithe Spirit, Volume 3, Number 2)

18 Comments


neena singh
neena singh
Jun 12, 2022

Such a beautiful haiku! Thanks for sharing.

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Kala Ramesh
Kala Ramesh
Jun 07, 2022

Hearty Congratulations to our Contributors! The list of poets featured in haikuKATHA - Issue 8, June 2022 is up! https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/celebration

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Kenneth Slaughter
Jun 06, 2022

this one I keep reading over and over - I don't know all the symbolism of bluebells but I love the sound of the word and the imagery in the poem!

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Robert Kingston
Jun 07, 2022
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Thanks Alan. weirdly I had written a poem just moments ago with bluebells and bees within. I back watched a video I took a couple of weeks back in a local nature reserve.

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Alan Summers
Alan Summers
Jun 06, 2022

I love the specificity of naming the flower (flora) and how the strength of "carrying" and "into" elevate the poem aided by the consonance of 'drift' and 'dusk', plus the hidden consonance of the r-letter in 'caRRying' and 'dRift' with 'rain'.


Wonderfully atmospheric with bluebells (a very British countryside visual) and the rain during dusk.


warmest regards,

Alan

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Kala Ramesh
Kala Ramesh
Jun 07, 2022
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Thanks, Alan, for your beautiful comment. _()_

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Nani Mariani
Nani Mariani
Jun 05, 2022

beautiful, touching the conscience. The blue bell in the temple guides the soul in old age, for me this is a gentle spiritual.. thank you for reminding dear

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joanna ashwell
joanna ashwell
Jun 06, 2022
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Thank you so much for your kind words.

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