triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY! hosts: Teji Sethi and Kala Ramesh GUEST EDITOR: Ashish Narain
brushing off sand
I walk what's left of
the pine dunes
my time here passes by
like the birds overhead
Gene Murtha
Ribbons 5:2
This month is going to be a treat for our members. _()_ Thank you so much, Ashish.
Beautiful tanka. I especially like L3- "pine dunes." Such an unusual and vivid desciption that it can only refer to a few places. The last two lines too- are they zen? wistful? Perhaps both. Masterful!
What a beautiful tanka. It does sound as if he is talking about the end of his life.
Beautiful tanka. He was such an enigmatic person. He knew everything about birds and wanted to bring out an anthology on bird haiku and I remember sending him my haiku. But it neve happened.