Sunday, February 1, 2015

Haibun: Ephemera--By Angelee Deodhar--India

Haibun: Ephemera

One week after our son leaves for his training program my husband and I wander an empty house with the two dogs constantly underfoot. They sense something missing, are lost too, searching for one who used to play with them. The oppressive humidity makes it worse...even the birds are still.
             
             deep autumn
                   the silence between drops
                            lengthens

frogpond 2005 Vol. XXVIII No 1 page 45

Angelee Deodhar, an eye surgeon by profession is a haiku poet, translator, and artist. She lives and works in Chandigarh, India. Her haiku/haibun/haiga have been published internationally in various books and journals, and her work can be viewed on many websites. To promote haiku in India, she has translated six books of haiku from English to Hindi, which she distributed for free. These bilingual books include: If Someone Asks: Masaoka Shiki's Life and Haiku (2005),Classic Haiku: A Master's Selection, edited by Miura Yuzuru (2006), Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: 100 Poems by 100 Poets (2007), Children’s Haiku from Around the World–A Haiku Primer (2007), Indian Haiku (2008), and The Distant Mountain: The Life and Haiku of Kobayashi Issa (2009).
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12 comments:

  1. pdfrenchFebruary 1, 2015 at 1:27 PM

    I could really relate to this, nice piece!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2015 at 1:41 PM

    well done, Angelee - always appreciate your poetry -

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  3. angeleeFebruary 1, 2015 at 5:37 PM

    Dear Ayaz and dear Peggy
    thank you for your kind words.love and peace
    angelee

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  4. angeleeFebruary 1, 2015 at 8:10 PM

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2015 at 12:40 AM

    beautiful haibun
    Maureen

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  6. UnknownFebruary 2, 2015 at 6:53 AM

    For one who struggles to write good haibun, I find yours inspirational in its simplicity. Ron Grognet

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2015 at 11:59 AM

    Nice work, Angelee. What a nicely-written poem. Thank you for sharing and continued blessings!

    -MJ (www.tgbtgpublictions.com)

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  8. angeleeFebruary 3, 2015 at 4:39 PM

    Dear Maurice,Ronald and Maureen
    Thank you for your kind words,love angelee

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  9. UnknownFebruary 3, 2015 at 4:46 PM

    Thank you for sharing this. I love the way haiku, senryu, haibun, etc. stand the test of time--and this is 'timeless'. Thanks again--Barbara

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  10. CharleneFebruary 4, 2015 at 2:40 PM

    What a wonderful piece of Haibun, Angalee. Thank you for sharing your talent in this well written poem.
    Charlene

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  11. paul callusFebruary 13, 2015 at 5:28 AM

    Beautifully sad! I can hear the silence....I can feel it. Well done, Angelee! Namaskar! // paul

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  12. Sara KendrickFebruary 15, 2015 at 3:11 PM

    The tone of a heavy sadness permeates this work..Very uniquely creative..Sara

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