triveni spotlight
A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY!
hosts: Teji Sethi and Kala Ramesh
guest editor: Billie Dee
Theme: Close Observation
Christopher Herold Port Townsend, Washington, USA Frogpond, 16:2, 1993.
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 All have been approved by the authors; all include publication credits (except one from Patricia Machmiller which is unpublished); all are from the U.S. Pacific coastal rim (my region).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.
This made me close my eyes - and sit in stillness for a while. The fragility of the web strands and the tenacity of the mountain - from one to another - and everything else that weaves the universe into a whole. Wow.
I love this and I've always enjoyed Christopher's haiku.
Oh, what a sight - from thorn to thorn, so delicate yet so strong!
Brilliant haiku. Effortless moment that enlightens!
Spider doesn't need any grip to weave its web, but here L2 'from thorn to thorn' has captured the image that nothing in the creation is unwanted. All of them have their own way to survive.