Heart by-pass...
the tulip sprouts never
looked so good.
About Masago
- Masago
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- From "The Haiku Anthology" I became interested in Haiku and I have since written numerous haiku, senyru, and tanka. "Masago", my haiku pen-name, means "grain(s) of sand" in Japanese. I have recently started learning Esperanto and Japanese. A few years ago I developed a new eastern verse form which we now call 'Renhai'.
My Blog List
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At the Café2 months ago
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I Can Almost Smell it1 year ago
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6 Hantu yang Muncul di Toilet10 years ago
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distant thunder11 years ago
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welcome spring14 years ago
14 comments:
Heart by-pass...
the tulip sprouts never
looked so good.
Link with 957: Illness.
[Several different friends of ours in the past year have undergone heart surgery in one form or another. This haiku expresses what a believe some of them felt after coming through the ordeal. In one case recently the operation involved spending six hours on the operating table.]
I like the two images in this one. Heart by-pass and sprouting tulips go well side-by-side.
my brother in law died the last week of May of cancer. He knew he was... early in the month he said he didn't think he'd ever seen the Rhodedendrons bloom with such color.
your haiku rings so true, and so close to the heart
...to die and to revive...A very interesting and beautiful juxtaposition: "by-pass" / "sprouts", winter's lethargy / power of life in spring sprouts.
A remarkable poem!
Thank you for sharing.
surviving is wonderful -- a new look at life
it's a great moment
like that first real drink of water after being "nil by mouth"
touching true image
john
yes, this rings so true... excellent!
I reckon so!! Better to look down on them rather than straight up at 'em.
Aurora: Thank you.
Pamela: I'm so sorry for you...I know a little of how you feel, my wife's mother died of heart disease last October.
Dana-Maria: Thanks, you have highlighted some major aspects of this haiku.
Andrew: Yes, something I want to start doing more each day. Thank you.
Floots: Thanks...not sure what "Nil by Mouth" is. If you get a chance, please explain (I googled but didn't turn up anything that made sense).
John: Thanks.
Pat: Such a poignant remark.
seeing life again
after passing death -
another spring
As a medical doctor, I saw so many cases of this ...
a very touching haiku, Masago san! GABI
hi vaughn
"nil by mouth" is the instruction give to nurses re a patient (often post operation) and it means no food or liquid
if you're "lucky" you may get a drip of water off a glass rod
i was trying to say how spring/flowers etc reminded me of that moment when i was allowed my first real drink fro a cup - back in the world
cheers
To me, 'the eternal dreamer', this one is, also, a perfect illustraion of the 'way of the heart' ...!:)Great!
Gabi: Thank you for your kind words. I'm sure your heart has gone out too many times to count.
Floots: Thanks, that makes a lot of sense...those wee nurses can be a pain in the toosh, eh?
Borut: Thank you so much!
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