tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post7153869307657008985..comments2024-03-26T14:40:52.346+00:00Comments on magpie bridge: BRISTOL IN THE RAINPaul Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-81793750835951818222013-06-21T23:02:53.583+01:002013-06-21T23:02:53.583+01:00Thanks Paul for liking my haiku.
Alan, With Words...Thanks Paul for liking my haiku.<br /><br />Alan, With Words<br />http://www.withwords.org.uk/what.htmlArea 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-87451897873315925762013-05-01T08:56:33.564+01:002013-05-01T08:56:33.564+01:00Hi Alan, thanks for the comment. Your Haikus are e...Hi Alan, thanks for the comment. Your Haikus are excellent.Paul Tobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-91499299518677665802013-05-01T05:55:23.313+01:002013-05-01T05:55:23.313+01:00Modern haiku:
inter-city train journey -
a rattli...Modern haiku:<br /><br />inter-city train journey -<br />a rattling window top<br />shuts itself<br /><br />(Leaving Temple Meads train station, Bristol)<br /><br />train judder<br />sunlight on every ripple<br />of the river<br /><br />(Train from Bradford on Avon)<br /><br />winter timetable-<br />the late train leaves behind<br />half a school trip<br /><br />(Bradford on Avon train station)<br /><br /><br />dark morning...<br />the sushi bar opens up<br />for the train station<br /><br />(Bath Spa train station/Dashi Sushi bar)<br /><br />coolness of spring rain<br />waiting with the bus queue<br />on newly cut hair<br /><br /><br />(Whitetree Roundabout bus stop, Bristol Downs)<br />Publication: Mainichi Shimbun, Japan<br /><br />rain clouds <br />conversations shift around <br />the train carriage<br /><br />Publications credits: Mainichi Shimbun (2011) <br />Award Credits: Honourable Mention Best of Mainichi 2011<br /><br /><br />Ah, rain and trains, very British, very Bristol too. <br /><br />From Alan Summers, a Bristol-bred haiku poet. :-)<br /><br /><br />Area 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-77159398910392130622012-07-24T17:42:54.067+01:002012-07-24T17:42:54.067+01:00Golden eagle: Thank you, I think that's why ha...Golden eagle: Thank you, I think that's why haiku's work so well.<br />David: thank you, i had a lovely day.<br />Aguilar: Thank you. It was a cool day.<br />Oscar: Thank you. The line came before the rest of the haiku. I'm not far off it now myself.Paul Tobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-79935146795670314842012-07-24T09:29:36.983+01:002012-07-24T09:29:36.983+01:00Fleetingly Bridgewater - now that will always stay...Fleetingly Bridgewater - now that will always stay with me. It's Betjemanesque. Happy Birthday and when you get there 60 is no kind of milestone believe me.Oscar Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934315832435702880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-63408149299839409722012-07-23T20:28:39.445+01:002012-07-23T20:28:39.445+01:00happy, happy birthday! writing haiku sounds like ...happy, happy birthday! writing haiku sounds like a very cool way to have celebrated it.Aguilar Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200558918676043343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-27828969008899358222012-07-23T07:38:45.743+01:002012-07-23T07:38:45.743+01:00A happy belated birthday, Paul! :)A happy belated birthday, Paul! :)David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-16468133086044544832012-07-20T23:51:04.065+01:002012-07-20T23:51:04.065+01:00Interesting haiku! I love how they're short de...Interesting haiku! I love how they're short depictions of just one or two moments in time.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.com