Arco (TN)

Arco (TN)

Friday, December 19, 2014

Woodpecker - December 19, 2014



Credits: Woodpecker



ticking
echoes in the silent forest
woodpecker


a message
comes in telegraphic thoughts
woodpecker

© G.s.k. ‘14







Jane gives us the following example for this modern kigo for winter:

tall dead pine
the tiny holes of the woodpecker's
pantry

© Jane Reichhold



Our hosts haiku:

hammering noise
resonates through the forest
deepens the silence

© Chèvrefeuille


I really enjoyed this prompt on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, where our host explains how the woodpecker is the totem of a haiku writer ...  please drop by and read the post .. it's a joy!


10 comments:

  1. I wonder, if in years past, telegraphers were able to make sense of the woodpecker's dots and dashes?

    Woodpecker

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    1. An interesting research project for an ambitious historian!

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  2. And it is always a joy to come to your wonderfully-presented pages

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    1. Thanks, I'm really pleased you enjoy them! I've found the easiest way to comment on yours is to share them on Facebook ... they are just so lovely I hate not being able to comment properly!

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  3. loved the thoughts of messages heard

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    1. Thanks Wofsrosebud ... I love your comment ... very sensitive!

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  4. Really love this, Georgia :)
    It *is* so much like a telegraph message: "ditditDATditdiddit -- suet feeder empty; send refill -- ditditDATdiddit!"

    :D

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    1. LOL ... I think you might be right Jen ... sounds like the message to a tee!

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  5. Love your approach to the prompt
    Peace and love
    Siggi

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    1. Thanks Siggi! Peace and love to you too, Bastet.

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harmonious words ... like crystal clear water ... pure ectasy

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