This is a dialogue haiku I am also posting for Poetry Thursday, May 24th.
Destiny
(haiku)
•
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
This is a dialogue haiku I am also posting for Poetry Thursday, May 24th.
Destiny
(haiku)
•
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
Clever use of “dialogue” here.
You pack a lot into a few words.
Don’t you love overhearing such conversations?
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
Nice haiku (although I’m not ready to get my rake out just yet!)
Very nice! I never thought of a dialogue in a haiku.
Exquisite!
Tara –
Thank you!
Catherine –
I genuinely appreciate the compliment!
Pauline –
Yes I do — and there are many such during the Fall, my favorite time of year.
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.
Chicklegirl –
Thank you — and I am not trying to rush the seasons, though I have always favored Fall.
Not that is inspired Rob. Gentle into the good night. 🙂
Rose
xo
That was supposed to be “Now” that is inspired. Sheesh, I need spelling lessons. 🙁
Rose
xo
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.
Clare –
Most kind and most generous — thank you!
Rose –
Your words are most appreciated — and your intention trumps your spelling. 🙂
Short, but definitely sweet–or not sweet, depending on what one’s destiny actually IS!
What a great use of a few syllables. Says everything and yet, leaves me to imagine volumes.
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.
Cynthia –
I appreciate your kind words — and I am glad this piece resonated for you.
This gave me shivers. Really rang true, as we each fall every day, and often forget the desitiny part.
Wendy –
Glad this touched you!
The future is a great and wonderful mystery. We should just march forth with a sense of wonder.