Around a month ago we were traveling through forests and it was very silent except that every now and then a bird would coo .. I tried fiddling with the words for almost a week to recapture the magic of that moment and gave up.
To come to your place and read this gorgeous haiku has blown my mind into gloam storms and I cannot help but feel gratified!
i’m glad you like it Melissa (i do too – but i also like yours a lot on this one as well) – sometimes a little dark humor can go a long way. especially if it lightens things up a bit. . .
aloha Aditya – i’m not sure if you meant the crow image here, Aditya. it is a beauty. but to be clear, it isnt mine if that is what you were thinking. i agree – it is a gem. and Melissa’s words are great with it (imo) too. aloha.
Red Dragonfly 
Melissa!
Around a month ago we were traveling through forests and it was very silent except that every now and then a bird would coo .. I tried fiddling with the words for almost a week to recapture the magic of that moment and gave up.
To come to your place and read this gorgeous haiku has blown my mind into gloam storms and I cannot help but feel gratified!
Aditya, thanks for your wonderful comment…I’m so glad this resonated with you.
Beautiful! No, make that sublime.
Thanks for this haiku and picture.
Mary
Wonderful poem.
Yes, close enough. Thank you, Melissa, for hearing and sharing your song.
Short and sweet… just the way I like it,
Peace,
Laz
Yeah. I’ll take this silence – a heavy dose every day.
Great image to go with it.
crow summer
in the black silence
I scream
No. Wait.
crow summer
in the black silence
ice cream
L. O. L. This may be one of my favorite things you’ve ever written…
i’m glad you like it Melissa (i do too – but i also like yours a lot on this one as well) – sometimes a little dark humor can go a long way. especially if it lightens things up a bit. . .
Thanks for your kind words about this piece, everyone…I’m so glad you liked it.
This is Super Rick! Amazing joys.
aloha Aditya – i’m not sure if you meant the crow image here, Aditya. it is a beauty. but to be clear, it isnt mine if that is what you were thinking. i agree – it is a gem. and Melissa’s words are great with it (imo) too. aloha.
I agree.. the picture is a gem too. I was but.. referring to your wordplay in particular! I had a good hearty laugh.