In my last posting, I mentioned that this was a week of poems being published. Last time it was two tanka in Ribbons, this time it is two other tanka…and one haiga in a very beautiful and favorite journal of mine: hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Editor Caroline Skanne produces this publication weekly (it goes out on Friday afternoon, a highlight of the week for so many of us). This issue is #55. I’ll provide a link to the journal at the end of this posting so you can go and read all the other wonderful poems and visit mine. I’m so proud to be included with so many excellent poets.
My two tanka here are love poems. My husband and I were married in 1978, but we’ve been together for forty years. Where does the time go?
After Forty Years
you take my hand
when we walk together…
the last leaves
nearly
gone
.
a single glance
from your grey eyes
shifts
my world—
the earthquake of you
.
The haiga published in hedgerow #55 originally appeared in this blog. I am thrilled to have it officially published in an edited journal of this caliber. Here it is.
I hope you all enjoy these poems. If you have a favorite, let me know.
When you have time, please visit the journal these were published in:
hedgerow #55, posted on November 13, 2015: https://hedgerowpoems.wordpress.com/2015/11/13/55/
I love love poems, especially those about enduring love–bravo.
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Many thanks. It’s an interesting (to me) fact that the most read poems on my blog continue to be the three sets of love poems. Lots of romantic souls out there. 🙂
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Yes, indeed!
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Gorgeous… love without being sentimental.
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Thanks, Ali. 😊
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The hedgerow haiga is my favorite, but not by much. They are all so beautiful.
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It’s always fun to see what different readers like. Thanks for sharing with me, Michelle…and thanks for reading!! ❤
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love the hedgerow haiga, definitely my favourite Mary
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You are so kind to take the time to let me know. That was my first attempt at being deliberately ‘artistic’ with the visual in a haiga. ❤
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All the poems were lovely Mary. My favorite was the second love poem. 🙂 — Suzanne J.
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I’d say that 98% of the comments I got on FaceBook and privately agreed with you, lol. I’m delighted to know others connect with these love poems. Thanks, as always, for taking time to leave me a comment. It really makes it all worthwhile, Suzanne. ❤
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Lovely!!
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Thanks, Robin. 😊
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