Destiny
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Spoken Word
This is a dialogue haiku I am also posting for Poetry Thursday, May 24th.
Destiny
(haiku)
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where is it I go
fall leaf asks on oak’s release
to your destiny
…
To hear poem read by author, click here
Rob Kistner © 2007
May 24th, 2007 at 3:18 am
Clever use of “dialogue” here.
May 24th, 2007 at 4:05 am
You pack a lot into a few words.
May 24th, 2007 at 4:41 am
Don’t you love overhearing such conversations?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:09 am
giggling over Pauline remark. Seeing you distracted in the middle of your golf swing when whispering becomes these words. . . .
(you’re right, you do have a resonant, lovely baritone!).
ren
May 24th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Nice haiku (although I’m not ready to get my rake out just yet!)
May 24th, 2007 at 9:32 am
Very nice! I never thought of a dialogue in a haiku.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Exquisite!
May 24th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Tara -
Thank you!
May 24th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Catherine -
I genuinely appreciate the compliment!
May 24th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Pauline -
Yes I do — and there are many such during the Fall, my favorite time of year.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Hi Ren -
Nothing distracts me during my golf swing — save my form and technique!
You are kind to compliment my voice — it’s about the only thing that hasn’t left me here in the late autumn of my life.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Chicklegirl -
Thank you — and I am not trying to rush the seasons, though I have always favored Fall.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Not that is inspired Rob. Gentle into the good night.
Rose
xo
May 24th, 2007 at 10:42 am
That was supposed to be “Now” that is inspired. Sheesh, I need spelling lessons.
Rose
xo
May 24th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Tammy -
I appreciate your kindness.
This haiku was inspired by a phrase from another poem I’d written nine years ago called “Leaves”. The phrase reads,
“Each unaware of its destination
upon separation from the limb.”
“Leaves” was written as both an observation of a moment in Fall, and of my children leaving home to seek their future. This haiku “Destiny” is the abbreviation of those two observations.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Clare -
Most kind and most generous — thank you!
May 24th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Rose -
Your words are most appreciated — and your intention trumps your spelling.
May 24th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Short, but definitely sweet–or not sweet, depending on what one’s destiny actually IS!
May 24th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
What a great use of a few syllables. Says everything and yet, leaves me to imagine volumes.
May 24th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Pepek -
Thank you!
The nature of our destiny is always unknown to us, and ever-changing — until we leave this temporal plain, and perhaps, not even then.
May 24th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Cynthia -
I appreciate your kind words — and I am glad this piece resonated for you.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
This gave me shivers. Really rang true, as we each fall every day, and often forget the desitiny part.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Wendy -
Glad this touched you!
The future is a great and wonderful mystery. We should just march forth with a sense of wonder.