Rio de Janeiro
bossa nova –
girl from Ipanema
swaying
Image © Rosemary Nissen-Wade 2022
8/2/22
Seattle
sea tale
(tell-tale, sea tattle) –
by the sound
Punning a bit at the end, as Seattle is on Puget Sound.
9/2/22
Reykjavik
can hot springs
in a land of ice
be enough?
10/2/22
Accra
Nkrumah –
hero or tyrant?
Perhaps both.
11/2/22
Honolulu
beach, nightlife …
above all Pele
fire goddess
12/2/22
Dubai
twenty pics
to entice a visit –
ugh! so urban
Inspired by an online tourist ad for the city.
13/2/22
Paris
true I’ll never
alas – with the warm wind
etcetera
After a friend was mystified, I thought I'd better explain. This alludes to lines from The Ballad of Lucy Jordan (sung by Marianne Faithfull): 'She realised she'd never / Ride through Paris in a sports car / With the warm wind in her hair'.
14/2/22
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Sharing (off prompt) with Friday Writings #16 at Poets and Storytellers United.
This is like a mini world tour! My favorites were Seattle, Reykjavik, and Dubai
ReplyDeleteAha! So you too have a playful streak. :)
DeleteLoved all the little haiku here. My favourite is Honolulu. It shows that despite all the fun and good life lurks an unexpected volcanic activity.
ReplyDeleteThe image looks like the Chinese character for "big". Also, you have given me an idea. Write some haiku on the Japanese towns and cities I have visited. :)
I'd love to read them!
DeleteEnjoyed them all. Hope you are OK. Absolutely disaster zone up there in the northern rivers...Please take care !
ReplyDeleteYes it is. But I am high and dry and in all ways OK. And yes, I am taking care! Haven't been out yet; luckily haven't needed to.
DeleteReykjavik especially... beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThese are snappy and refreshing. Paris? Never? I like Dubai, the haiku and not the city.
ReplyDeleteI'm 82, on a low income and with some medical conditions. It seems highly unlikely I'll be travelling overseas any more, to Paris or anywhere else. And I can see why you would like the Dubai haiku; I get the impression that you too prefer the natural world to the urban!
DeleteI really like the Reykjavik one, a fitting metaphor for the times. Can a bit joy here and there keep us afloat in these see of sorrow? I hope so.
ReplyDeleteIndeed I have just this minute had that conversation with someone – that, despite the floods and despite Ukraine, there is still the new flower on my vine, there is still my little cat curled under her blanket: moments of joy. They don't outweigh the grief and horror, but they are there too, however small, and must not be missed.
DeleteI especially enjoyed the Rio de Janeiro piece, accompanied so fluidly and effortlessly by dancing lines.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you; that is sweet for me to know.
DeleteMy favorites are Rio de Janeiro, Reykjavik and Dubai (I agree, ugh)
ReplyDeleteLove this world tour in Haiku.
I was very much at the mercy of the prompts – so I was forced to learn a thing or two about some places I have never visited! Others, such as Paris – well, one has one's own ideas even if never having been there either.
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