spring wind
teaching a child
to whistle
(Shiki Kuka, March 2007, and Dust of Summers: The Red Moon Anthology)
Magnapoets Poets' Profiles
Recent Comments
- Adelaide on spring clean-upin the sweat of
- laryalee on twilight in the garden... swat!
- laryalee on theres no place like home–-but
- aurora on twilight in the garden... swat!
- laryalee on spring clean-upin the sweat of
- laryalee on daily horoscope -a little bit
- laryalee on daydreaming . . . through
- aurora on daydreaming . . . through
- aurora on daily horoscope -a little bit
- aurora on spring clean-upin the sweat of
Japanese Form Publications
- American Tanka | Poetry in the Moment
- bottle rockets
- Concise Delight Magazine of Short Poetry, at MET Press
- Contemporary Haibun Online
- Eucalypt A Journal of Tanka
- Frogpond Journal
- Haiga Online
- Mayfly Haiku Magazine
- Modern English Tanka
- Modern Haiku
- moonset literary newspaper
- RIBBONS Tanka Society of America's Journal
- Roadrunner Haiku Journal
- Simply Haiku
- The Heron’s Nest
- tinywords: haiku daily
- White Lotus
Comments
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Notice:
- All work © each individual author unless noted otherwise. Do not reproduce without the author's written permission.
it is piognant!
Posted by: butterfly (kai) | February 23, 2008 at 02:30 PM
I remember learning to whistle as a wee lad growing up on a NC farm. That's a huge milestone for a child. Nicely done, Bill.
Posted by: Curtis Dunlap | February 23, 2008 at 04:00 PM
Thank, kai and Curtis. It is a milestone, isn't it--and I suspect that it's the wind that does the teaching.
Posted by: Bill Kenney | February 23, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Nice resonance. Enjoyed it very much.
Thanks, Bill.
Posted by: Yu Chang | February 24, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Thanks, Yu.
Posted by: Bill Kenney | February 25, 2008 at 10:19 AM
I love this one for its subtle association.
Posted by: aurora | February 25, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Another great one, Bill. Enjoyed.
Posted by: collin | February 25, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Aurora and Collin, my thanks.
Posted by: Bill Kenney | February 25, 2008 at 06:09 PM