triveni spotlight
A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY!
hosts: Teji Sethi and Kala Ramesh
guest editor: Billie Dee
Theme: Close Observation
the tablecloth shaken over the lawn starry night
Susan Antolin
Walnut Creek, California, USA
Antolin, Susan. Artichoke Season. Walnut Creek, CA: Spare Poems Press, 2009.
I am pleased to submit the following selected poems from my personal "favorite haiku" list, one I've developed over the last 30 years or so. All have been approved by the authors; all include publication credits (except one from Patricia Machmiller which is unpublished); all are from the U.S. Pacific coastal rim (my region). I have chosen "close observation" as my theme, a guiding principle in my own writing, and a core element IMO for developing a Haiku Mind.
Peace,
Billie Dee
p.s. Under-lined book titles have embedded links where a reader can go to purchase the book.
Oh, I love this! I see a creation myth in it. I’m reminded of a Navajo legend about the night sky. The creator had a bag of stars and was putting them out into the night sky in an orderly fashion. The coyote became impatient, grabbed the bag of stars, and threw them. I have read that Navajo culture prices orderliness, and so this myth explains why the stars are so chaotically arranged.
Now following this we have Susan’s haiku — the well-cut grass and a tablecloth. I feel as if order has been reestablished.
Haha— I know I have read way too much into this, but it’s late at night, the stars are bright tonight, and I happen to…
Most beautifully tuned to your theme - Billie.
Great choice. I hope Susan get here ... it would be lovely to have her here :))
Beautiful! The actions shake hands so well.