Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Singing Birds

under the orange
a flock of singing birds
heavens open up

Blackbird-sunset-03.jpg


Written for Carpe Diem Special #53, Kikaku's "a flock of swallows"
Image credit here


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34 comments:

  1. Maude Lynn21 August 2013 at 11:16

    That's really pretty!

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  2. Anonymous21 August 2013 at 11:45

    I agree, quite lovely.

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  3. Wabi Sabi21 August 2013 at 15:02

    A rainbow of singing birds!

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  4. Chèvrefeuille21 August 2013 at 15:45

    Wonderfully inspired haiku in the same tone and in the spirit of Kikaku. Thank you for sharing.

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    1. Unknown22 August 2013 at 05:46

      I am so glad and relieved so said that Kristjaan :). Thank you so much for a lovely prompt again :)

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  5. Anonymous21 August 2013 at 17:05

    Marvelous haiku.

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  6. Anonymous22 August 2013 at 00:43

    Excellent, thank you for sharing with us :)

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  7. Magical Mystical Teacher22 August 2013 at 06:32

    Oh, let those heavens open!

    Flights and Gulps of Swallows

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  8. joanne22 August 2013 at 06:48

    each evening in fall and winter, hundreds of crows pass over our house...the procession goes on and on...

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  9. Reading Pleasure22 August 2013 at 10:11

    This is beautiful

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  10. Panchali22 August 2013 at 13:26

    Gorgeous!

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  11. BlogwatiG23 August 2013 at 01:43

    Me and Haikus don't get along..........but I love what you wrote. The pic too is fantabulous!

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  12. Martha Jane Orlando23 August 2013 at 04:33

    Wonderful!

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  13. Swapna23 August 2013 at 04:42

    Blogwati Gee said my mind! I never get Haikus. May be you could explain the whole concept one day to me Sfurti. :)

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    1. Unknown24 August 2013 at 02:58

      Swapna thanks so much. Yes let's discuss Haiku and everything under the sun..soon :)

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  14. Indrani23 August 2013 at 06:26

    This is TOO god!

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  15. RasmaSandra23 August 2013 at 10:05

    Just lovely!

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  16. Roshni23 August 2013 at 13:43

    Lovely one! And, what a beautiful picture!

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  17. brudberg23 August 2013 at 22:16

    Your words use a very nice brush

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    1. Unknown24 August 2013 at 03:00

      Bjorn thank you so much for a wonderful comment :)

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  18. Bushra24 August 2013 at 01:27

    So short, sweet and apt! Lovely :-)

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  19. Unknown24 August 2013 at 02:57

    Thanks so much :)

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  20. Ritesh Agarwal25 August 2013 at 05:06

    Words n pics both are beautiful. I wonder how u guys write so much in so few. On a silly personal note, i wil always be scared of haikus. :P

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