triveni spotlight
A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY!
hosts: Teji Sethi and Kala Ramesh
GUEST EDITOR: Paul Miller (paul m.)
a shovelful
of rattlesnake
the long day
--- Carolyn Hall
Calculus of Daylilies (2017)
Note by the Guest Editor:
These poems have been pulled from my ever-growing document of favorite haiku.
Some I have admired for years, while others I have newly discovered. This is the
joy of poetry, as of life: its ever-changing course of discovery. I encourage all
readers of poetry to keep such a file. As far as has been possible, I have obtained
permission from the writers to share them.
– Paul Miller (paul m.)
A verbless haiku and its effectiveness is in its minimalism. Nice ku.
I had this today. I think the big black ants wanted to stay after the night's deafening rain. So they hurriedly hid in the mop.
I love this haiku. The same thing happened to me, but I didn't have the words to put it so succinctly.