Comments on: Montage #30 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2009/09/27/montage-30/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Merrill Ann Gonzales http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2009/09/27/montage-30/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Merrill Ann Gonzales Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:03:11 +0000 http://thehaikufoundation.org/?p=4190#comment-1013 Thanks, Allan, Looks like my writing will have to wait...woke up with what appears to be the flu... When I look at what I posted I could see that it probably could have been a little clearer. One thing I love about haiku is that it understands backward walking...stopping when it's time to stop... Thanks, Allan, Looks like my writing will have to wait…woke up with what appears to be the flu… When I look at what I posted I could see that it probably could have been a little clearer. One thing I love about haiku is that it understands backward walking…stopping when it’s time to stop…

]]> By: Vasile Moldovan http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2009/09/27/montage-30/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Vasile Moldovan Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:17:07 +0000 http://thehaikufoundation.org/?p=4190#comment-1011 Basho's pond- on a tortoise's test the apple of people's eyes Basho’s pond-
on a tortoise’s test
the apple of people’s eyes

]]> By: Allan Burns http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2009/09/27/montage-30/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Allan Burns Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:12:56 +0000 http://thehaikufoundation.org/?p=4190#comment-1010 The other one about insect sounds is this by Bruce Ross: a yellow leaf motionless on the pool evening cicadas A good one for this time of year. And, Merrill, maybe you should write some haiku about those insect sounds and silences you have described so well...just a thought. The other one about insect sounds is this by Bruce Ross:

a yellow leaf
motionless on the pool
evening cicadas

A good one for this time of year.

And, Merrill, maybe you should write some haiku about those insect sounds and silences you have described so well…just a thought.

]]> By: Merrill Ann Gonzales http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2009/09/27/montage-30/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Merrill Ann Gonzales Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:53:14 +0000 http://thehaikufoundation.org/?p=4190#comment-1009 Hi, Alan & Allan...(one of the reasons I have so much confusion with the name Allan/Alan...plus I have a friend Diane Allen which just tops the cake for me! :-) ) I heartily agree with Alan that New England would make a great theme for haiku....we have so many wonderful haiku poets here. And when I read NE haiku from Maine it connects me to my ancestral roots... And Allan, the crickets and katydids at this time of year are so loud...although this haiku has the sky empty (which would imply daytime) so their songs are somewhat muted. They have different songs...daytime and bright sun...and if a cloud goes over head darkening the sky, they will start singing their night time songs. The sudden silence as the killing freeze sets in makes winter silence all the more profound. Another one I love is this: quick-running brook... a stone from the bottom lighter than imagined That has personal memories for me for when my son died John took me to one of the brooks around here to help me deal with my grief...I selected a stone from the bottom...and yes, it was a different color than it had been in the water... It was strange to me how perfectly it fit in my hand...something to hang onto. Hi, Alan & Allan…(one of the reasons I have so much confusion with the name Allan/Alan…plus I have a friend Diane Allen which just tops the cake for me! :-) )
I heartily agree with Alan that New England would make a great theme for haiku….we have so many wonderful haiku poets here. And when I read NE haiku from Maine it connects me to my ancestral roots…
And Allan, the crickets and katydids at this time of year are so loud…although this haiku has the sky empty (which would imply daytime) so their songs are somewhat muted. They have different songs…daytime and bright sun…and if a cloud goes over head darkening the sky, they will start singing their night time songs. The sudden silence as the killing freeze sets in makes winter silence all the more profound.
Another one I love is this:

quick-running brook…
a stone from the bottom
lighter than imagined

That has personal memories for me for when my son died John took me to one of the brooks around here to help me deal with my grief…I selected a stone from the bottom…and yes, it was a different color than it had been in the water… It was strange to me how perfectly it fit in my hand…something to hang onto.

]]> By: Allan Burns http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2009/09/27/montage-30/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Allan Burns Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:18:55 +0000 http://thehaikufoundation.org/?p=4190#comment-1007 Also meant to note earlier that the progressively shorter lines of "the mountain path" seem to underscore the comic deflation. And Merrill has obviously cited one of the "sounds of insects" haiku. Also meant to note earlier that the progressively shorter lines of “the mountain path” seem to underscore the comic deflation. And Merrill has obviously cited one of the “sounds of insects” haiku.

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