Relentless raindrops
Washing down my window pane.
Bird conversations.
Sufficient to meet
The needs of daily living.
Birds ask nothing more.
Sitting, watching rain.
Listening to the happy birds.
Relentless pleasure.
Relentless Pleasure
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A beautiful poem. I love it. Especially, “Birds ask nothing more.”
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Thank you AshiAkira. Your haiku are of such a high quality, I feel this is a great compliment.
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A trifecta of haiku perfection! Outstanding, Michael! This brought back many wonderful memories of a little boy who wanted to go outside and play but who liked to watch the rain “play” on the kitchen window even more. Thank you!
Ron
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I’m happy that it has brought back such pleasant memories, Ron. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who likes watching the rain.
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beautiful haiku and photo, michael. it is the simple things that give us the most pleasure, isn’t it?
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I agree, Beth. Thank you.
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Michael, thank you so much for your testifying to the greatness of AshiAkira’s haiku! I read many, many of them but knew I would “follow” after reading only one or two. “Magnificent” is too pale a word.
Ron
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I agree, Ron. AshiAkira’s work seems so simple yet so powerful.
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Perfect homage to the simple things in life. Well done.
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Thank you, Mike. I like to keep things simple.
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Beautiful! Now I ‘get’ haikus. I tried my hand at this, and missed the boat. Thank you for making it simple and elegant.
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Thank you, Kate. I’m glad you enjoyed this. I like the way haiku poems make me think of ways to say so much in so few words.
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You do it so well.
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Thank you. It’s so kind of you to say that. It’s really appreciated.
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beautiful
& this is a dumb question, but this is the new blog isn’t it? the other one has no follow button.
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Hi Errin. Sadly, self-hosted blogs only allow email follows. You have to click on the button on the right hand side. As a WordPress user it will use your WordPress email. I don’t like the idea but I can’t see another way at the moment.
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oh i see now, thank-you.
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