echoes on the road
subtle rustles in the air
ghosts linger in trees
ghosts linger in trees
standing silent sentinel
listen on the wind
listen on the wind
etched in nature's memory
echoes on the road
subtle rustles in the air
ghosts linger in trees
ghosts linger in trees
standing silent sentinel
listen on the wind
listen on the wind
etched in nature's memory
echoes on the road
photo and text ©
by Karen
witten for
The Wednesday Challenge @ imaginary garden with real toads
prompt - on the road
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Haiku My Heart @ recuerda mi corazon
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This is beautiful ~ gentle, soft, wise.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you looped the lines here - gives the sense that every journey is in some way the same as the one that came before.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful picture too!
That's a novel way to close the loop!
ReplyDeleteI really like this:
ReplyDelete"subtle rustles in the air
ghosts linger in trees"
rosemarymint.wordpress.com
Love both your image and words..."subtle rustles in the air" love that line!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is lovely. I forget what this form is called. The repetition is just beautiful here. Well done.
ReplyDeletede jackson
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It is so gentle, subtle, and like a whisper... beautiful
ReplyDeleteA beautiful circular poem. I can hear silence here.
ReplyDelete"echoes on the road..."
ReplyDeletebeautiful work, perfect pic, memorable feelings *S*
Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping in everyone!
ReplyDeleteLove the echo effect!
ReplyDeletethe looping stanzas have the feel of bird flight.
ReplyDeleteand the structure of a circular poem with a linear object like a road is striking.
A beautiful poem about the circuitous paths we take in life....I love the way the lines repeat and loop.......
ReplyDeleteYou've done this wonderfully. The paths are connected indeed.
ReplyDeleteK
Oh, the echoing repetition is perfect! Love the form, Karen, and beautiful photo!!
ReplyDeleteThis does echo, the way you wrote it. We have many battlegrounds in the south, and I imagine echoes everywhere...
ReplyDeleteI love this photo and your haiku.
ReplyDeleteLove those echoes.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to be on the road today, and I will be listening for echoes that might, just might, give me some sense of direction...
ReplyDeleteRaven Has One Wish
your haiku is reminiscent of a "round" in singing. so fitting as you take us full circle in the company of
ReplyDeletemystery, the life and stories of all ancient forests.
You weave a beautiful story, walking along this trail.
ReplyDeleteechoes on the road ~ lovely haiku ~ metaphor of life ~ thanks, namaste, ^_^
ReplyDeleteI like how you made the haiku come full circle!
ReplyDeletebeautiful Karen!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me feel like I am there walking down the path listening to the trees!
ReplyDeletethe tales they tell.. the things they know..
ReplyDeleteWhoa! I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED your spiral haikus...very beautiful and thought provoking! Makes me want to try your pattern sometime!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Whisperings of the past coming full circle.
ReplyDeleteWow, such a wonderful haiku-cascade!
ReplyDeleteLove the form in this one, it flows wonderfully. Great road pic, ahh Trout Lake!
ReplyDeleteThis poetry makes me very silent... wauw..Speechless. Thank you.
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