hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
almost autumn so many holes to another universe
-- Karen Cesar
(Modern Haiku 41.1, 2010)
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
almost autumn so many holes to another universe
-- Karen Cesar
(Modern Haiku 41.1, 2010)
Along with haiku, i am fascinated by its other forms, including the one-liner, which often escape my understanding. Thanks to Lakshmi for giving me an opportunity to understand it better. This one-liner also brought to my mind the idea of a person who is aging and ailing (signfied by early autumn - which also suggests that the leaves havent yet begun falling and hence the 'holes' are not the gaps in the leafy branches that enable a view of the sky) and with possibly multiple medical reasons (holes), faced with the real reality of the other world. Perhaps i am being to fanciful? Many thanks for sharing this and the opportunity to learn, as well as forcing me to think!…
My experience of autumn started only as I stepped in the world of haiku and I always wondered why autumn is connected to sadness, pain, suffering. Maybe because nature also has its own
voice to speak of as trees are bare, moods of the sun and moon are different, harvest mechanism changes, spring blooming ends, the mid-autumn starts with the scent of the wind passing through the woodsmoke midway.
Maybe the poet wants to convey his connection with nature with too many holes, too many unsolved queries and too many transitions in mindset leading to another universe created by man alone.
India celebrates major festivals in autumn like Navaratri and Diwali. A celebration of victory! A celebration of bondings! These…
One of my favourite haiku. And I'm a great fan of Karen's work. So very happy to see this one-line here, Aparna.
I had used it in one of my essays.