[As a youngster I learned how to skip rocks on a lake or pond. I was shown to start with a flat, disk-shaped stone and then to fling it with a spin at a shallow angle toward the body of water. I was thrilled when I eventually got it to skip several times without it just hitting the water with a "Sploop".]
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'.
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1048. Skip, Skip, Skip...
Still pond...
each skip leaves
a tiny kiss.
Link with 1047: Disk-like.
[As a youngster I learned how to skip rocks on a lake or pond. I was shown to start with a flat, disk-shaped stone and then to fling it with a spin at a shallow angle toward the body of water. I was thrilled when I eventually got it to skip several times without it just hitting the water with a "Sploop".]
I haven't skipped rocks for years -- maybe I should go at it. :)
Stone Age?:))) The joy of the First Man in touch with Cosmos?
nice
john
absolutely beautiful
i still play the game
as kids we called it "ducks and drakes"
Love it, love it, love it... Skip stones every chance I get.
i still love skipping stones :)
a goodie
still do it -- the hubby got 11 skips once. He's my hero.
Andrew: I'd like to come and join ya. :-)
Borut: You may have something (see my post for Jun 10, 2007).
John: Thanks.
Floots: Thank. Why do you suppose it's called "ducks and drakes"?
Pat: Me too (although not as much chance to do so these days). :-)
Polona: Thanks.
Pamela: Kudos to you hero!
when i was a kid i didn't question it
now that i'm an adult i wouldn't dare guess in case there's a freudian eavesdropper :)
cheers
With 8 words you took me back 40 years. Thank you.
Hazel: Thank you for your kind words, and for visiting.
I like the construction of the poem: a still pond, then a skip which caught my sight, and the surprise: " a tiny kiss".
A lovely poem, Vaughn.
Thank you
Dana-Maria: Thank you.
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