Recently Miriam Sagan and Michael G. Smith sent me their haiku sequence inspired by Handel's Water Music. I am pleased to see more haiku and more classical music here--and more work by Miriam and a new-to-the Song Is... writer.
As the temperatures rise, the riverside is a good place to be!
background
kettledrums
rolling
riverrock
blood
in the veins
ordered garden beds
a baroque score
torn in spring wind
a baroque score
torn in spring wind
tasting the last
of last years’ dried apples
the tree blooms
snowflakes falling
over my lettuce planting hopes
notes pour allegro
a slow moment observed, lilacs opening without a
minute hand
edging off the eave, a raindrop takes its chance
that long-gone cloud
left behind
a red rose
tea kettle whistling
water’s metamorphosis
like a recurring dream
water’s metamorphosis
like a recurring dream
an
escapee,
Inky
the Octopus
finds
the grail to the sea
take
my ashes
to
the Pacific
they
won’t dance alone
Kew Gardens—
a lily pad big enough to
float a baby on
a lily pad big enough to
float a baby on
hot spring pool along
the Gila’s bank
howling dog
sutra says “like a lotus from muddy water”—me
foraging along
the sacred Bagmati
gods and pigs
a melody
as Chinese elm seeds
land as weeds
as Chinese elm seeds
land as weeds
all air
Aquarius -
autumn rain predicted
crossing
our dry river, a cascade
of feeling
our dry river, a cascade
of feeling
Bowling Alley Rapids -
river otter makes
it look easy
a fountain
plays catch
with sunlight
plays catch
with sunlight
my snowball floats - sutra says “water and ice are the same”
sea level
the cities of the future
at low tide
the cities of the future
at low tide
centuries of lake
ooze between
our boy toes
a fossil shell
now high on
Mt. Meru
now high on
Mt. Meru
Below is a link to a performance of Handel's Water Music on period instruments:
If you would like to listen to a performance on more contemporary instruments, see this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3N-OJTpikc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3N-OJTpikc
Congratulations Miriam and Michael,an interesting piece of work,love and best wishes ,I love this one liner, angelee
ReplyDeletesutra says “like a lotus from muddy water”—me Miriam
Thanks, Angelee! Yeah, Miriam is fun to work with!
DeleteLovely! - Laura M Kaminski
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laura! I'm glad you liked it!
DeleteWhat a terrific haiku sequence. So many delightful haiku and it all goes together--like Handle's water music.
ReplyDeleteWell done Miriam and Michael.
Thanks, Jo!
DeleteWell, here's to cascades of feelings. Marvelous, Michael + Miriam. Lovely. Moving. Thank you both.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karla!
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