Haiku Windows: triple pane window
Haiku Windows
In the book Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem, editors Yamaguchi and Brooks quote David Lanoue: “A haiku is a window”…
In the following weeks we will look at (or through?) the many possibilities raised by this thought – and you’re invited to join in the fun! Submit an original unpublished poem (or poems) via our Contact Form by Sunday midnight on the theme of the week, including your name as you would like it to appear, and place of residence. I will select from these for the column, and add commentary.
next week’s theme: broken window
Just in time for Valentine’s Day…
it could have been an accident… sometimes these things just happen – it doesn’t always have to be somebody’s fault…
I look forward to reading your submissions.
Haiku Windows: triple pane window
Reading these submissions at minus 35 degrees Celsius may have influenced some of my choices… this week, the triple pane window reflects, affects how sound carries, and is seen as a barrier – with some negative connotations – where, in practice, I have always seen it as a positive thing that makes my life easier, or at least more pleasant… thanks everyone for these new perspectives!
triple pane window…
contemplating snowflakes
in the morning warmthElisa Allo
Zug, Switzerland
Nicely contrasting the inside of the house with the outside, this poem describes my experience perfectly – imagine the roaring wood stove and another fresh cup of coffee – I look up from the book of haiku that I am reading, or my notebook, to watch the snow for winter inspiration… let me know when you will be visiting!
triple pane window
a clinging leaf
on the windowsillEufemia Griffo
Italy
Here the poet uses a simple description to evoke so many possible meanings – the season changing from autumn to winter, and that sense of time passing, and again the contrast between the environment inside and outside the building. But it is the choice of the word ‘clinging’ that takes this poem to another level – it could suggest clinging to the past, or struggling towards the unattainable…
forty below
the triple panes
glazed with frostRuth Powell
For those who may not have experienced this degree of outdoor temperature, it can be both scary and beautiful. The high pressure system means the weather is usually clear – sunny – but dangerously cold. And depending on the house construction, and the humidity and other factors, ice can build up on the inside of even triple pane windows… in this poem we also find a refreshing play on the word ‘glazed’…
triple pane window…
feeling
the stray cat’s shiverSusan Mallernee
The scene described in this poem can also be interpreted different ways – are we watching the cat still out in the snow and imagining its shiver? Or are we looking out the window with our new friend that we have invited in “just until it warms up”?
Here are the rest of my selections for this week:
triple glazing –
the reflex of the reflex
of a reflexAngiola Inglese
three layers of glass –
I can’t even hear
the rain fallAnna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
a blind gaze
at consular triple pane
visa interviewAshoka Weerakkody
Colombo, Sri Lanka
springing
for triple pane windows
wedding giftChristina Sng
triple pane window
three layers away
from your smileChristine Eales
UK
triple pane window
the rise and fall
of condensationClaire Vogel-Camargo
triple pane window –
a woman silently
screamingDan Curtis
Victoria, BC, Canada
triple pane window
I can still hear
the neighbors’ dog(for Debbi)
David Jacobs
London, UK
triple pane window
not a soul hears
her screamDebbi Antebi
London, UK
behind triple pane windows
the battlegrounds
we know from hearsayEva Limbach
Germany
I don’t remember
the scent of stars –
triple pane windowGiovanna Restuccia
Modena, Italy
noise travels for crying out loud
what I’d give to be triple-glazedHelen Buckingham
through triple pane window the silent storm
Hifsa Ashraf
Pakistan
through triple glazing
they argue
in sign languageJoanne van Helvoort
rainy winter –
ladybug faces its first
triple pane windowKaroline Borelli
Italy
even through three glass panes,
the neighbor’s voiceLee Nash
triple pane window –
the reflection of my jacket
on the coat rackMargherita Petriccione
triple-glazing…
i glaze over at
his explanationMarietta McGregor
triple glazed…
blissfully oblivious
to my own alarmMark Gilbert
dead silence
behind triple pane windows
my insomniaMarta Chocilowska
triple glazed –
cat’s eyes in the cat’s eyes
in the cat’s eyesMartha Magenta
England, UK
triple pane
what comes
between usMatthew Markworth
Mason, OH, USA
triple pane windows
keeping the silence
between usMichael Henry Lee
close-out sale
two triple pane windows
for the price of oneMichael H. Lester
Los Angeles CA USA
bitter north wind
I can only imagine
a triple pane windowMichael Stinson
mum’s glazed look…
new triple pane windows
in the hospiceNatalia Kuznetsova
Russia
northern sun
behind the triple glass
delicate orchidsNazarena Rampini
Italy
triple pane window
i can still see
your liespamela a. babusci
rochester, ny usa
closing the window
the city
falls silentRachel Sutcliffe
triple pane windows?
the salesman talks about
becoming a dadRandy Brooks
USA
triple paned window –
the barriers
between usRobin Smith
Wilmington, DE
smiley faces
on the triple pane window
feathered with frostRon C. Moss
my son’s baseball
hits the triple pane window
he runs homeSari Grandstaff
Saugerties, New York
candle on the table
the flame multiplies
in the triple pane windowSerhiy Shpychenko
Kyiv, Ukraine
triple glazed…
reflections on parallel
universesSimon Hanson
triple pane window
the sun and my mood
lightenStephen A. Peters
in the window
reflections of a narcissus
triple-glazedSusan Constable
triple pane greenhouse
lettuce leaves flourish
in winter lightTerri French
multi-pane windows…
my triple-dog-dare
to winterValentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, Ohio USA
triple pane window…
a glimpse of her eyes behind
the veilVandana Parashar
a bumblebee
knocks at the triple pane window
I see the soundVishnu Kapoor
Katherine Munro lives in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and publishes under the name kjmunro. She is Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada and an Associate Member of the League of Canadian Poets. She recently co-edited an anthology of crime-themed haiku called Body of Evidence: a collection of killer ’ku.
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looking at the past
through a broken window
fragmented
Karen Harvey
Wales
I’m sorry this is a bit late. I’m enjoying the series of new haiku.
Hi Karen,
Please use the contact form to submit, & the deadline each week is midnight Sunday, just so you know… glad you are liking the posts!
cheers, Kathy
Dear Kathy,
thank you again for your deep comment. I’m really honored.
Best wishes and congratulations for your great and brilliant work.
Eufemia
sincere thanks for your kind words, Eufemia! & thanks for your poems also!
I love Sari’s about the son’s baseball,
Great responses to an interesting prompt.
thanks for sharing, Marita!
lovely enigmatic poems this week
thanks Christine!
many thx & blessings for including my haiku among so many other
wonderful haiku & poets!
pamela a. babusci
thank you Pamela!
Thank you Kathy
thank you!
Thank you Kathy for including again one of mine. I love this column, all great poems.
thanks for this, Anna – I agree
Thanks times three for including one of mine.
you are welcome x 3!
Thank you, Kathy, for including mine. It wasn’t an easy task, however 🙂
marta
thanks Marta
I thought this might be tough this week but again a strong selection – thank you for including mine – I especially liked the two nice senryu from David Jacobs and Joanne van Helvoort
thanks Mark – I think it was a tough theme, & I’m so happy with the results!
triple pane window
what about the secrets
of the snowball touch?
thanks for this – please consider submitting a broken window poem on the contact form this week…
So many nice poems… I love this column! Thank you dear Kathy for including one of mine☺
I like the one by Lee Nash
Karoline
thanks for this, Karoline – I like how people are mentioning their favourites here…
Loved Terri French’s poem – what a luxury to have – a triple pane greenhouse! Congrats to all the poets!
thanks for this, Pat!
Triple delight!
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Alan (from Marrakech) 🙂
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Another great selection, Kathrine, so very diverse.
Dan Curtis’s verse has an Alfred Hitchcock feel to it. Very nice.
thanks for this, Carol!
I look forward to these every week. I love the various viewpoints. Thank you for including mine. It’s much appreciated!
~Robin
thanks Robin!
Thank you ☺️ Kathy for including one of mine. Sitting here now in a snowstorm surrounded by windows so very apropos. I also particularly like the one by Pamela Babusci.
thanks for sharing, Sari!