Tuesday, February 12, 2008


photo: Martin G. Wienert; spring 2008





which path...
the air full of birdcalls
at the crack of dawn


Welcher Pfad...
in aller Herrgottsfrühe
die Vogelrufe


(AW, hokku/Quintet for Neonlight — a Triparshva Renku; published in Chrysanthemum, October 2007)
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18 comments:

  1. John McDonald6:40 PM

    enjoyed
    john

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  2. haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)9:50 PM

    thank you, John!

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  3. Crafty Green Poet11:18 AM

    I like this a lot - in both languages! I have a German friend who likes haiku, I should introduce her to your site!

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  4. haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)6:48 PM

    thank you!

    i visited your blog in a hurry (today we had problems in our garden -- our bamboo `invades` the neighbour`s garden...), i`ll return to your blog in the next days

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  5. Ričardas7:39 PM

    beautiful. I can't wait for early spring mornings full of bird songs

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  6. J. Andrew Lockhart9:06 PM

    nice work! I enjoyed reading these.

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  7. haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)7:42 AM

    thank you very much for your comments!

    best wishes,
    Angelika

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  8. Bill6:43 PM

    A moment full of promise, beautifully captured in picture and verse.

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  9. polona10:08 PM

    delightful. they are amazing,these birds.

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  10. haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)11:29 PM

    thank you for your comments, Polona and Bill!

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  11. J. Andrew Lockhart7:39 AM

    beautiful! good to see you again. :)

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  12. floots11:08 AM

    beautiful words and pix
    i especially like the skeletal leaf/loom
    thank you

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  13. haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)1:58 PM

    thank you J. Andrew and Floots!

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  14. Tikkis1:43 PM

    Calling here,
    calling there --
    I'm lost?

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  15. haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)2:52 PM

    thank you for your comment, Tikkis!


    "cho ote haruyama fukaku mayoikeri

    chasing a butterfly
    deep into the spring woods
    I am lost"

    (Sugita Hisajo; transl.: Ueda, Makoto: Far Beyond the Field. Haiku by Japanese Women)

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  16. Anonymous5:06 PM

    autumn dusk
    a crow disappears in the trees

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  17. haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)5:50 PM

    thank you for all your comments, Martin

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