with each stone
my joys spread wide
return unseen
Shared with Haiku Heights (Prompt: Ripples).
(June 14th, 2013)
I live in words
with each stone
my joys spread wide
return unseen
Shared with Haiku Heights (Prompt: Ripples).
(June 14th, 2013)
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How easy you make haiku look!
Ripples
It isn’t easy, Wabi 🙂 Thanks!
beautiful effect 🙂
Thanks, Celestine 🙂
Wow you are amazing Leo, what beautiful poems you pen:):)
Thanks, Gayatri 🙂
I like the use of the stone as joy spreading wide ~ The return unseen- didn’t worked for me though ~ I would have preferred another image to contrast or expand that joy ~ Hope you are feeling better leo ~
Thanks, Grace 🙂 I meant to imply that just like the displaced water of the ripple returns unseen to us, so does our joy!
C.S. Lewis wrote a book, “Surprised by Joy,” a memoir of his wife, Joy. I sometimes think our joys are like that: They surprise us, and we know not where they come from or how they arrived!
Rippling with Fertility
Thanks, MMT. Glad you liked it 🙂 Indeed it’s uncertain where our joy comes from. It’s a blessing that it does.
Skipping stones…lovely ripples. Lovely haiku!
Thanks, Maggie 🙂
Wow,This is superb. So imaginative!! ..
Hope you are well now.
Thanks, Usha ji 🙂
The visual impact was terrific, Leo. Awesome!
There is a reason and purpose for our being, and our simple humble missions may not bring us a token back, but it surely justifies our being here doing what we have to do!! Lovely simple words but profound and thought provoking Leo!!
Thanks, Nanka 🙂 Yes, there is a purpose.
Glad you felt so, Panchali 🙂
Really enjoyed reading your haiku. It’s a poetry form I love. You’ve given me the courage to put some of my own haiku on my blog. Thank you for that.
Thanks, Kalpana 🙂 Enjoy the haiku!
This captures the feeling of dropping a stone in a still pond and watching the ripples spread and then fold in on themselves. Lovely. Be well, Leo.
Thanks, Alice 🙂 You caught my intention.
I used stones for a previous prompt. aptly works well for this one as well. enjoyed.
Thanks, Tonya 🙂
So crisp and neat 🙂 nice work.
Thanks, Cynthia 🙂