Given the week of rain that we are expecting in Maryland, I thought that Angelee Deodhar's "Rainforest" would be a fine way to begin the spring/summer. The haibun was previously published in Albatros 2006, the bilingual (Romanian English) international print journal of the Romanian Haiku Society.
Tea is always nice in the evening.
For a moment, it looks like it has stopped raining, but I'd like to share with you "Rain Raga," Angelee's collaboration with the haiku poet Raamesh Gowri Raghavan. (I will post his interview with her later.)
Below are Angelee's notes on "Rain Raga":
http://giftingtrees.blogspot.in/2011/03/favourite-tree-of-god.html In Hindu mythology, the tree was the favourite tree of Lord Krishna, who is usually depicted playing his flute under it. He also used to plays with his friends under the Kadamb tree using the unique globular flower of the tree. Hence the tree is also known as Haripriya , God's favourite.
A raga is a word derived from Sanskrit word is one of the melodic modes used in Indian classical music and means an act of coloring or dyeing and therefore metaphorically means 'any feeling or passion especially love, affection, sympathy, desire, interest, motivation, joy, or delight.'
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Ragamala Paintings are a series of illustrative paintings from medieval India based on Ragamala or the "Garland of Ragas", depicting various Indian musical modes called Ragas. They stand as a classical example of the amalgamation of art, poetry and classical music in medieval India. In these paintings each raga is personified by a color, mood, a verse describing a story of a hero and heroine. It also elucidates the season and the time of day and night in which a particular raga is to be sung; and finally most paintings also demarcate the specific Hindu deities attached with the raga
Have you ever listened to a raga? The first is a morning raga.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7mameo-mA0
More appropriately, this is an evening raga:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpFCaovSk2U
We'll finish with "Write Me a Song" and "Sunyata." Sunyata appeared in Contemporary Haibun Online July 2013.
Here is the link to Raamesh Gowri Raghavan's interview with Angelee Deodhar: http://gloxtalk.blogspot.in/2014/06/angelee-deodhar-life-in-haiku.html?m=1GLO-TALK
The interview focuses on Angelee's career as a writer and advocate of haiku.
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan moonlights as an award-winning copywriter by day and daylights as an award-wanting poet by night. He thinks he is funny, but his friends vehemently disagree.
She also sent me some music for this entry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Summer in Music : Classical Music for summer
A collection of classical music that perfectly fits summer!
Corelli, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Chopin and Mahler 's masterpieces
Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 10 - Allegro (00:00)
Mendelssohn - B. Brezze (02:13)
Vivaldi - Symphony RV 149 Allegro molto (04:56)
Chopin - Mazurkas op. 7 No.1 (06:34)
Mahler - Symphony No. 1 2 Mov (08:58)
Corelli, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Chopin and Mahler 's masterpieces
Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 10 - Allegro (00:00)
Mendelssohn - B. Brezze (02:13)
Vivaldi - Symphony RV 149 Allegro molto (04:56)
Chopin - Mazurkas op. 7 No.1 (06:34)
Mahler - Symphony No. 1 2 Mov (08:58)
Piano Jazz & Jazz Piano: Parisian Summer (2 Hours of Best Smooth Jazz Piano Music)
Enjoy!
Dear Marianne,Thank you for this singular honour.I am humbly grateful .
ReplyDeletelove and light,angelee
You're very welcome, Angelee :)
DeleteMarianne, thank you for presenting Angelee with this honor. As always her haibun are worth more than one read, and the interview was marvelous. It was so exciting to open here tonight and see this dear friend --wonderful work, Angelee. And a wonderful woman.
ReplyDeleteDear Jo,your kind words are very encouraging indeed,thank you so much,the combination of music image and poetry make this a unique magical place to be,thanks to Marianne,love angelee
DeleteExquisite selections of poetry, paintings and music. Congrats to all. U L Mehta
ReplyDeletethank you for your kind words,love angelee
DeleteWhat a refreshing read while we go through a scortching Indian summer ! Always nice to read Angelee ! Thanks for this lovely presentation ! Love , arvinder
ReplyDeleteThank you Arvinder dear,it is always wonderful to be on this site where word ,image and sound come together to woo us into thesongis,thank you Marianne,love angelee
Deletelovely, Angelee, treasures to read and absorb, and! another strong and creative endeavor from you, Marianne. . .
ReplyDeletethank you dear Ayaz,very kind of Marianne,I am fortunate indeed,love,angelee
DeleteIt's an honour to star alongside Angelee as a collaborator on one of her works. I'm happy to say that I had tremendous fun doing the poem together, so thank you, Angelee!
ReplyDeleteLapsang souchong was a surreal read.
Thank you Raamesh,yes it was fun and thanks to dear Marianne for honouring us on her site,angelee
DeleteYes wonderful work
ReplyDeleteThank you John,for your kind remarks,love angelee
DeleteVery nice set!
ReplyDeletewarm regards,
Alan
Thank you,Alan,love angelee
DeleteThe concluding haiku of "Rainforest" lifts the poem up a notch.
DeleteNicely done.
Chen-ou
Thank you dear Chen-ou, best wishes,angelee
DeleteWonderful! Outstanding!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Adie, very kind of you,love angelee
DeleteSuch a beautiful collection of works. As always Angelee weaves in a multitude of contrasting emotions and images with the dexterity of zardozi master and the restraint of sumi-e painter. Kudos to Raamesh too for a lovely interview.
ReplyDeleteThank you dear Paresh,coming from you this is high praise indeed,very grateful for your kind words,love angelee
DeleteThese are very lovely, veering from a sense of loss/nostalgia (Rainforest, Lapsang Souchong) to defiance (Write me a Song, Sunyata) with Sand Mandala as the pivot in-between. My favorite in these is Lansang Souchong because it touches on so much, from “splotches from a leaky cloud sieve” to “chants on my laptop” to “a small terracotta pot”. There is so much that constitutes everyday life, to write of it with such economy of expression, makes this haibun very accessible and very precious.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Raveesh,I am honoured and encouraged by your analysis ,very gratefully yours,angelee
DeleteWhat a wonderful collection Angelee, thank you for sharing this with me. I really enjoyed Write Me A Song...along with all the rest. Best, Peggy
ReplyDeleteDear Angelee,
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented my friend. The breath of your talent stretches in so many facets, and not limited to just a few forms. This collection is amazing. Congratulations, my friend!!
Love,
Karen