Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Haiku--By Ron C. Moss--Australia

first date
a starfish glistens
on the tide line

~ Frogpond, 31:3, Fall 2008

casting out
the fisherman’s line
splits the moon

~  Devonport Poetry Competition, April 2002--First Place

dark water —
the duck’s wingtip
skimming the moon

~ Yellow Moon, #16, Summer 2004

charred cedars —
how cold the white
of early snow

~ Zen Garden Haiku Contest, 2006

starry night …
what’s left of my life
is enough

~ Shiki Internet Kukai, December 2006

Ron C. Moss is a Tasmania visual artist, poet and lover of haiku. His poetry has won international awards and been translated into several languages. Ron's art is sold as limited edition-prints and originals. He has been featured in poetry journals and has designed several award winning poetry books.  Ron is a two time winner of the Haiku Society of America International renku competition, and he is a current member on the Haiku Society of America.  Please check out Ron's website--www.ronmoss.com

7 comments:

  1. Dear Ron -

    These are some of the most wonderful haiku I've read. There is something in each worthy of dreaming and special "Fisherman's line skimming the moon" I should not even pick a line or two, or I'd be making a copy of all five.

    love,
    Kathy

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  2. Dear Kathryn,

    Thank you for your kind words. haiku has been my practice for many years and it is wonderful thing to do.My profile at The Haiku Foundation is here:
    http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/poet-details/?IDclient=566

    Ron


    Ron

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  3. Dear Ron,

    I enjoyed the visuals in your haiku they are wonderful. I can picture each one of them thank you for sharing them.

    Sandra

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  4. Hi Ron, Magnificent haiku! The first one illustrates the hopefulness and expectations we have when we have a first date. Great using the "starfish" as they seem like gifts from heaven. As a fisherman the second one really caught my eye. I have fished at night during the full moon and seen my own line "splitting the moon."

    It seems on another website each person has a different idea of how a haiku should be written and it caused a lot of tension. But you have created better art than those who are rigid in their haiku requirements.

    Awesome! Blessings, Carolyn

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  5. Thank you, Jean Calkins, for the following comment--

    What a pleasure to read some REAL haiku! So many small press editors (and the people who write them) have no idea what consitutes a haiku. Teachers in schools teach that any 3 line poem is a haiku! I have grown frustrated over that. Keep on writing these lovely TRUE haiku! Jean Calkins, NC

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  6. Dear Ron,

    I agree with Jean. It was so hard for me starting out to learn haiku because there was so much misinformation out there. You are a gifted haiku writer and your above poetry conveys that. It's such a pleasure to have your here at Whispers. Wishing you ongoing success with your writing.

    Karen

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  7. Love these! Especially the Devonport winner, Ron's work is fantastic, thanks for collecting them here, Karen

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