some days, white lipped, lost....
we are left holding only
the tail of silence
***
care to join us?
please read for this link
for the how of it.
my hope is
you will welcome everyone
with a visit
and
grace them with a comment...
i, with great pleasure,
will do the same.
now haiku my heart!
I am in total awe of anyone who joins in.. for the life of me, I cannot do this. I sit and try but empty of any poetry at all..
yours is Divine.
Posted by: Miss Robyn | January 06, 2011 at 08:04 PM
Oh, Rebecca. Your is just so very beautiful and sad.
Posted by: Chrissy | January 06, 2011 at 08:30 PM
Oh, and this image is too overwhelming for words really. It is called "Ecstasy" but you have given it a different mood altogether. She looks beset by these creatures round her and casting her eyes downward in some sort of despair. A tail is what she holds indeed, and I am certain that there is a pun intended there. This is a lovely piece--even the sadness of it is so deeply and profoundly beautiful. Being lost is often when the deepest work of the soul takes place.
xoxo,
Noelle
Posted by: Noelle | January 06, 2011 at 08:35 PM
On days that you are physically or spiritually destroyed, you are left clutching the last straw with deathly silence...a chillingly eerie truth.
Very powerful Haiku!!
Posted by: Nanka | January 06, 2011 at 10:27 PM
Beautiful haiku and beautiful image. So nice to get to be a part of this wonderful Haiku community again:-) I often have an issue with silence - I think it is what I feel when I am lost in overwhelm.
Posted by: Deann | January 06, 2011 at 11:38 PM
Sometimes silence is the hardest to accept, we look for words of comfort. Then sitting with the silence we are forced search deeper!
This Haiku is so poignant, a sad story from an on-line friend had me lost for words, I'm thinking upon my Haiku, I'm hoping the right words will surface!
Much love and comfort I'm sending to you Rebecca, you convey a world of meaning in so few words.
Sue x
Posted by: Sue fox | January 07, 2011 at 01:36 AM
White-lipped and tight-lipped?
You?
Never.
I don't believe you :-)
Posted by: joco | January 07, 2011 at 01:40 AM
Powerful haiku -- it speaks to me of pain, physical pain.
Posted by: Elizabeth | January 07, 2011 at 01:50 AM
Rebecca, you have given me much to think about with your beautiful image and words! A great start to Friday!
Posted by: Marilyn | January 07, 2011 at 03:21 AM
Rebecca, my first Mr. Linky (#12 on the list) linked to a previous week's haiku. My second post (listed as #13) is the correct one. Sorry, I don't know why blogger is not behaving!
Posted by: Marilyn | January 07, 2011 at 03:27 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed your haiku and picture, although I'm a little confused by the latter, but working on it.
I like the guidelines you've published too. very helpful.
Happy New Year,
All the best
Boonie
Posted by: Boonie | January 07, 2011 at 04:35 AM
The silence is deafening. The word itself, silent, has so much meaning for me, and, it seems, for you.
I lived up in the far Northern reaches of Minnesota. You are familiar with the area as I know you go there in Summer. I lived onn the border with Canada. There were no streetights and no neighbors. It was truly silent, and my thoughts spoke to me constantly back in those days. I never got a moment of peace. This is what I remembered and felt from your Haiku.
Beautiful photo of this statue.
Peace
Posted by: Spadoman | January 07, 2011 at 05:20 AM
Your post moved me to tears. Haven't we all had those days? 'the tail of silence', powerful.
Posted by: tami | January 07, 2011 at 06:32 AM
Lost but still holding on...
Beautiful, Rebecca, truly.
Posted by: Kim Mailhot | January 07, 2011 at 07:31 AM
sometimes I feel I have to scream into that silence...
x..x
steph
Posted by: stephanie | January 07, 2011 at 08:36 AM
thank you...i love it here
Posted by: jean | January 07, 2011 at 09:17 AM
too good.. Awesome..
Someone is Special
Posted by: Someone Is Special | January 07, 2011 at 10:54 AM
gotta admit at first i was taken aback by photo and ku, but then pausing, yes... this place.. holding the tail of silence.. we all know.. i think that is why i gasp... yes...no
Posted by: ms pie | January 07, 2011 at 02:20 PM
The tale of silence—
do you have the stamina
to write every verse?
Posted by: Magical Mystical Teacher | January 07, 2011 at 07:19 PM
Beautiful.
Yes, sometimes we shake our heads and just remain silent.
Posted by: phil | January 07, 2011 at 08:56 PM
Hi Rebecca,
I love commenting at blog with a haiku when the spirit moves me. Thank you for yours at mine today.
Hugs,
Annie
Posted by: Annie | January 07, 2011 at 09:09 PM
This is so beautiful Rebecca.
Posted by: Uma Gowrishankar | January 08, 2011 at 02:17 AM
Hi, Everybody.
I'm new here and just popped in by accident. I was visiting Marilyn's blog and saw her haiku, got curious and thought, 'why not'.
Posted by: Friko | January 08, 2011 at 04:08 PM