triveni spotlight
A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY!
hosts: Teji Sethi and Kala Ramesh
host editor: Teji Sethi
Theme: Raga in Nature
Journal: haikuKATHA
a stone
skipped across the pond
ripple on ripple
echoing this patterned
grief you left for me
— Billie Dee
There is no end to seeing and hearing. The structure of the universe is infinite. Endless vibrating expansion.
~ Nanak
There are myriad sounds which pre-exist in nature and can be perceived by human ear. It is completely natural, both animals and humans to have profound reactions to certain sounds. Some songbirds sing from repertoires which use the same rhythms and note combinations as modern composers. For example, the canyon wren uses a 12-tone scale. The hermit thrush, on the other hand, sings in a five tone penta-scale which is common in Asian music. The tanka I have chosen to showcase, exquisitely capture the ‘music in nature’ be it the sound of ripples, a bird song, a cicada’s mating call, the rustle of leaves or the lament of paddy fields!
Teji Sethi
a poignant and touching tanka! The repeated ripples left by a skipping stone. Though they have no sounds, the ripples remind the the poet of a long gone loved one with It's carefully chosen words,
echoing this patterned grief you left for me ....
Congrats and thanks for sharing ❤️👍
so sad, so true, thanks for sharing this one
I liked 'the patterned grief'.
Does Billie know her beautiful tanka is featured today?
What a beautiful choice, Teji. 😍