withered tea flowers
beneath showering starlight
cast shadows on stones
♥
countless points of light
pierce the heavenly realm
pine cricket pauses
♥
deep atrous heaven
pearls glow against your vastness
disappear at dawn
♥
orbs of falling stars
criss-crossing the planet’s sky
blazing their glory
♥
winter’s crescent moon
surrounded by brilliant stars
north wind spins the earth
♥
mountainous peaks
stretch craggy arms toward stars
first snow starts to gust
♥
river of heaven
swirling patterns of starlight
celestial show
As we celebrate a time of light and festivities of the season, Toni asks us to write a poem on stars over at dVerse: http://dversepoets.com/2015/12/15/tonis-title-pending/
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Prajakta
/ December 16, 2015Crescent moon is my favourite – the thin sliver 🙂 Gorgeous use of words, especially in the last stanza – makes me think of star trails!
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Thanks so much, Prajakta!
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MarinaSofia
/ December 16, 2015What a gorgeous set of haikus – however did you think of so many to fit the topic? The River of Heaven reminds me of a Van Gogh painting, while the pine cricket pausing, as if to take in the star shower is just such a lovely, subtle touch!
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Thank you, Marina Sofia, I appreciate your kind and generous words. Once I started, I was on a roll and they just kept coming. 🙂 I was very inspired by Toni’s prompt.
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
/ December 16, 2015I’m overwhelmed by these haiku.. so many glorious impressions.. the mountain peaks as craggy arms is a brilliant visual. I also love the first snow as a kigo…
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Thank you, Bjorn, I appreciate that.
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Sumana Roy
/ December 16, 2015These haiku so gorgeously captivate the starry delight…’celestial stage’ so aptly described..
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Thank you, Sumana. I was so inspired by our topic.
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navasolanature
/ December 16, 2015This makes such a lovely poem with simple form and starry words. Thanks for your inspiration and about your cat Rumi
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Georgina, I should have delineated these haiku from one another. It ended up looking like it was one poem…not my intention. But I’m glad you liked it and I’m pleased that you were inspired. And thanks for liking my Rumi writes too. He was the best!
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navasolanature
/ December 17, 2015There are special creatures in our lives. I find WordPress difficult with lines and not easy to manipulate. Spaces are important but it’s the words that work within them that count.
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Bodhirose
/ December 17, 2015Yes there are. I find it difficult and limiting when it comes to certain spacing too but in the end it is the words that matter. 🙂
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Mary
/ December 16, 2015Your haiku really give many different poetic views of the evening sky. I am with Prajakta. I like the one about the crescent moon also. If you are also a visual artist, I could see this one as a painting as well. Smiles.
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Thanks so much, Mary. No, I’m not a painter but I wouldn’t mind if someone who was wanted to use that haiku as inspiration. 🙂
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Sanaa Rizvi
/ December 16, 2015Beautiful work here Gayle 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Thank you, Sanaa, you are very kind. 🙂
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writersdream9
/ December 16, 2015The grandest play!
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Well thank you!
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whimsygizmo
/ December 16, 2015“withered tea flowers” is just breathtaking.
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015I’m so glad you liked that…thank you.
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Victoria C. Slotto
/ December 16, 2015Such a stunning collection of haiku. Try as I may I was unable to choose my favorite. I rather wish that I had written these.
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Oh, that’s a very nice compliment, Victoria…thank you very much.
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lillian
/ December 16, 2015“winter’s crescent moon
surrounded by brilliant stars
north wind spins the earth”
I especially love this stanza and its imagery! Truly lovely!
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lillian
/ December 16, 2015Well….I just realized these are beautiful haiku, after reading others’ replies. But perhaps that is a wonderful compliment, right? To read your words and be so involved in the sense of them, that the form disappears…the strict rules of the form for me, are nowhere to be found because your imagery is truly lovely.
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015And I realized that I should have put a little something between them all to designate them as individual haiku. Sorry that I hadn’t thought of that. But I appreciate your very generous compliment, thank you very much, Lillian!
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lillian
/ December 16, 2015Well, everyone else seemed to catch it — so not to worry. I did truly enjoy them!
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015I’m glad you liked my crescent moon haiku…thanks so much!
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kanzensakura
/ December 16, 2015You used my two favorite kigo – first snow and river of heaven – and did beautifully with all of them but these two are my favorites. All of these fall into a category of “wish I had written that”. Gorgeous Gayle.
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015What a coincidence, Toni. I’m so glad you liked them.
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kanzensakura
/ December 16, 2015I wish I had a dollar for every hatsuyuki and amanogawa poem I’ve written – it would be at least a hundred bucks! I just love the Japanese words for river of heaven and first snow.
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Bodhirose
/ December 17, 2015Haha…I like many of those Japanese words that describe the different aspects of seasons, etc., even though I don’t know the language…they just sound cool! 🙂
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Kathy Reed
/ December 16, 2015You painted the scene clearly, evoking beautiful images from the stones beneath your feet to the far away heavens You covered it all..great poem for the holiday season.
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Thank you much, Kathy, I appreciate that.
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Grace
/ December 16, 2015Love the series of haiku specially the last with with river of heaven ~ Exquisite work Gayle ~
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2015Thank you for your compliment, Grace, it means a lot to me.
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http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com
/ December 17, 2015celestial stage indeed, and what a performance!
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Bodhirose
/ December 17, 2015Thanks very much, Viv!
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Bryan Ens
/ December 19, 2015A lovely set of haiku. Loved the bit about the cricket pausing.
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Bodhirose
/ December 19, 2015Many thanks, Bryan. 🙂
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katiemiafrederick
/ December 20, 2015Skies Stars
painting above
so below
twilight
eyes
morning
breath Sun
Shines glow
Star
inside..:)
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Bodhirose
/ December 20, 2015Beautiful…
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katiemiafrederick
/ December 20, 2015Hi Bodhirose.. Happy Holiday greetings again.. With Smiles.. Of course..:)!
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Bodhirose
/ December 21, 2015Happy Holidays, Frederick! ;~)
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katiemiafrederick
/ December 21, 2015You too.. Friend..:)
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Anonymous
/ March 2, 2016Sorry to be so late with this! Stanza #2 Shouldn’t pierces be pierce? or piercing? It hurts. Love the pictures you paint, I can see them in my head.
Barbara
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Bodhirose
/ March 2, 2016With “countless points of light pierces…” light is the subject so then the verb becomes pierces. You can use grammarbase.com and check your work for free. I’m so glad that you liked these…thank you, Barbara!
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