Special Feature – Daily Haiku
summer afternoon . . .
no break
for the coppersmith
note: coppersmith barbet is a small bird, however, one should not underestimate its size. It can throw its metallic call far and clear, and the call of one of them is enough to fill a rather silent afternoon. The coppersmith in the haiku is one such bird, not a person working in a smithy.
K Ramesh
Until the book launch on Sunday, Cafe Haiku will carry one haiku from the book with notes by K Ramesh every day. Book launch details are here.
A small tree of tender leaves is my third collection of haiku. The first one was published in 2007 and the second one in 2014. It looks like I have a seven-year cycle when it comes to making a collection of haiku. However, this time the third collection has come out before the seven-year cycle got over. It should have been next year! But it is alright, I guess! I live in a rural place, so the haiku I write are about what I see around me. And, around me, there is a lot of nature! Hope in this collection you will see moments that will connect you to nature. Hope it will make you pause and notice small things again. Please join me standing at the window watching rain.
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