Tuesday, February 7, 2012

HAIKU


 HAIKU
 
photograph by jon miller whitney

sculpture in Musee D'Orsay, Paris
 The mist on the ground:
The veil on her face,
Hides many a mystery.

3 comments:

Dasarathi said...

Googled and learnt a lot about the Haiku form of Japanese Poetry..Excellent harmony of words and images..

Sublimation said...

Thank you for your comments. I have been writing poetry for a longtime now and I have found the Haiku form very challenging. I have tried to enhance the effect by adding visuals.

Deepak Menon said...

That is a really wonderful Haiku - and the picture you have posted looks like the one of the 'Veiled Rebecca' in the Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad. lovely lines and structure - the mist is a great thought - is she walking on the ground or floating along! Good Show Subbu!

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