tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1618481539784748594.post1601847180835701235..comments2024-02-23T14:26:19.675-08:00Comments on lornacahall: CycleLorna Cahallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12119513840378599480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1618481539784748594.post-81744491186768411472013-09-05T10:51:39.392-07:002013-09-05T10:51:39.392-07:00I'm thinking about the concept of just surrend...I'm thinking about the concept of just surrendering to the changes - even seeing beauty in the death of things. I've caught "wabi sabi"!!! Just saying...still, loss is loss.Lorna Cahallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119513840378599480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1618481539784748594.post-46948185102085554282013-09-05T10:47:53.215-07:002013-09-05T10:47:53.215-07:00Thanks for your thoughtful comment. If I had title...Thanks for your thoughtful comment. If I had titled it, I would have named it Cycle, or even Rebirth but, with haiku, titles are a too clunky and you are right, the focus is on the shaping, not where it is going.Lorna Cahallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119513840378599480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1618481539784748594.post-58921118855077499382013-09-05T09:59:00.508-07:002013-09-05T09:59:00.508-07:00the poem pivots, both formally and philosophically...the poem pivots, both formally and philosophically, on "shaping," doesn't it? the recognition that time is not simply a flowing away, but a contour, a work of shape ... and of course that the garden one has shaped will ultimately be re-shaped by natural process ...<br /><br />very good :-))<br /><br />.James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1618481539784748594.post-88047780628559992682013-09-05T09:58:44.856-07:002013-09-05T09:58:44.856-07:00Sigh...."summer blowing away"......as it...Sigh...."summer blowing away"......as it always does. Poignant, kiddo!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com