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Stefano Carini's avatar

A smile—

in middle winter

the scent of spring.

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Namratha Varadharajan's avatar

Aww. Love this... a smile can feel like that. Thank you for this beautiful haiku

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Stefano Carini's avatar

Hope it made you smile!

:)

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Angela van Son Poetry's avatar

Rain drops fall

Snowdrops rise up

through crispy dead leaves

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Namratha Varadharajan's avatar

Thank you for the haiku, Angela. Can you tell me more about the 'snowdrops rise up'? I feel like I am missing the context here.

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Angela van Son Poetry's avatar

I'll share a picture tomorrow, I'll make a note that includes the picture and the poem. Snowdrops are a type of flower, the first sign that winter will be replaced by spring in a while.

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Namratha Varadharajan's avatar

Oh. I just looked up the flower. Thank you for the context. That is so beautiful.. rising through the crispy dead leaves... lovely haiku!

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Angela van Son Poetry's avatar

Namratha as promised: https://open.substack.com/pub/angelavanson/p/snowdrops?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=51dmgl

I added text about the writing process. The text is a lot longer than the haiku ;)

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Manisha Sahoo's avatar

Hi Namratha,

Your haiku are so beautiful and vivid, engaging all the senses so easily! Loved reading them all!

After a lot of hard work and several rereads of your breakdown, I finally managed to write a couple of haiku, though I doubt they adhere to the rules as well as I'd like them to. Only you can tell me how well I did, haha.

https://open.substack.com/pub/leesplash/p/centuries-past-poetic-adventure-3

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Sonia Dogra's avatar

Okay, I tried, Namratha. I hope some of it works, but glad to start.

https://soniadogra.com/2025/02/13/nature-and-poetry-learning-the-haiku/

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Sonia Dogra's avatar

Thanks a lot for this.prompt, Namratha. I love reading the haiku, have subscribed to so many haiku journals. But I've been feraful of attempting it, don't know why. This prompt will probably help me to break that inhibition. Always love your marigold. Can't get the orange imagery off my mind every time I read it.

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Namratha Varadharajan's avatar

Thank you, Sonia. Glad it is going to be of help😊

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L. Cohen's avatar

Thanks. This gives me lots to think about.

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Namratha Varadharajan's avatar

Would love to read your haiku, if you write one.

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L. Cohen's avatar

Snow falls.

Erases hard edges

Warm blanket.

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Namratha Varadharajan's avatar

I like the idea of how the falling snow can erase hard edges.

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Rajani Radhakrishnan's avatar

I love the marigold and the bulbul, especially. The "haiku" I write are probably senryu or some other miscellaneous category :)

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Namratha Varadharajan's avatar

Thanks Rajani:)

Would love to read your senryu

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