tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414865852217989753.post1966035968500615440..comments2023-06-08T20:01:39.136+10:00Comments on Australian Haiku: Emma Dallowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02762502184477362139noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414865852217989753.post-81650108989894240172009-04-07T11:51:00.000+10:002009-04-07T11:51:00.000+10:00As are yours Patrick. To imagine we are forming p...As are yours Patrick. To imagine we are forming part of that tradition is a heady thought.Emma Dallowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762502184477362139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414865852217989753.post-91431514852126238792009-04-07T11:42:00.000+10:002009-04-07T11:42:00.000+10:00Hi Dalloway,You stand at high noon, and see the su...Hi Dalloway,<BR/><BR/>You stand at high noon, and see the sun reflected on a thousand waves, each like a gem. Interestingly, the Japanese seldom made use of metaphors (or similes). Your haiku is very western, in this respect, but there's no reason why it shouldn't be. The haiku is renewed through poets like yourself, generation after generation.Patrick (upinVermont)http://poemshape.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414865852217989753.post-62164572719087062322009-04-05T20:03:00.000+10:002009-04-05T20:03:00.000+10:00Thanks all for your comments.Magyar, you're on the...Thanks all for your comments.<BR/><BR/>Magyar, you're on the other side of the world but you always seem to see precisely what I see. I thank you.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for dropping by RBroeker. No, the exact number isnt a saying in English.Emma Dallowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762502184477362139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414865852217989753.post-75392671634605628502009-04-03T23:54:00.000+11:002009-04-03T23:54:00.000+11:00I see the blinking, too. Does the exact number bel...I see the blinking, too. Does the exact number belong to a saying I don't know?<BR/><BR/>Best wishes<BR/>RalfRalf Brökerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602494065251750620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414865852217989753.post-25794421404427279142009-04-03T10:01:00.000+11:002009-04-03T10:01:00.000+11:00...an yet, I saw the noon sun reflecting off each ......an yet, I saw the noon sun reflecting off each wave crest, each a jewel that drops away... to reflect again in another place. <BR/>_mMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414865852217989753.post-14112173638838339222009-04-02T22:01:00.000+11:002009-04-02T22:01:00.000+11:00i want to make a plug here for credibility; in thi...i want to make a plug here for credibility; in this one i find the; no where in the haiku is mentioned what is really present on the habour, the word 'jewels' is misleading<BR/><BR/> <BR/><I>much love<BR/>gillena</I>Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414865852217989753.post-61818041422715054492009-04-02T21:46:00.000+11:002009-04-02T21:46:00.000+11:00Lovely imagery..it does look like that at Harbours...Lovely imagery..it does look like that at Harbours, <BR/>like this much, Dalloway :)<BR/><BR/>wishes, <BR/>devikaDevika Jyothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464noreply@blogger.com