failing
your failing breath
through a broken window
moon shadow
Rachel Sutcliffe
darkest night
like your breathing
lost moonlight
Rachel Sutcliffe, an accomplished and recognized haiku poet,
died this past week. My senryū is a response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #70: Rachel Sutcliffe,
which asks us to use one of Rachel’s poems as inspiration.
Join Frank’s challenge or read other responses Here.
Image: moon over Missouri
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Beautiful.
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #3: Ken’s latest #senryu for my current #haikai challenge!
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🙂
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😇
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So sadly beautiful.
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Thank you, Merril.
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Sad and lovely.
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Merci.
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My pleasure.
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This is beautiful. I wasn’t familiar with Rachel’s work, but now I’ve gone and looked her up thanks to you.
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Thank you. She was new to me, as well. I do enjoy her haiku.
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There is so much contained in each of her haikus. You’ve caught one side of this one. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe.
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Wonderful!
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Thanks!
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Somewhere I heard or read that Cesar’s last breath of ‘Et Tu Brut’s’ is still floating around the cosmos.
I would like to believe that Rachel’s is also….
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🙂 ❤
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Beautiful tribute, Ken. I wasn’t familiar with her either, but will be looking up her work. Thank you for such a poignant introduction.
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