#Haiku Happenings #1 (6/1/18): Nicholas Klacsanzky and other haijin comment on Peggy Willis Lyles “Shimmering Pines…”!
shimmering pines
a taste of the mountain
from your cupped hands
(Mayfly #31, 2001)
© Peggy Willis Lyles (1939 – 2010) (USA)
shimmering pines It is probably in the morning or after a rainfall, or a site with water, because we can see the reflecting lights from the dew on the leaves.
a taste of the mountain Maybe this could resemble water that comes out from a mountain, or fruits, or something else edible from a mountain.
from your cupped hands Aha, the writer is not alone. Somebody is with her to take water, maybe a creek with some waterfalls, to give water to the writer to be tasted. Or maybe there is a statue of some Goddess with water flowing through her cupped hands, and the writer tastes it. It is a beautiful scene.
– Fei Zhan (Indonesia)
The image this haiku shows to me is of two…
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