November 8, 2015

Happy Haiga Day!

Click on the image to enlarge for easier reading. © Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Tomorrow, writer, Irene Latham is celebrating her 10th anniversary as a blogger at Live Your Poem... Bloggers will be posting on a theme close to Irene's heart, WILD, and she will be rounding up the links during the day so that everyone can "go wild." I can't wait to read all the approaches bloggers have taken. Congratulations to Irene on a decade of posts!

About the illustrated poem above. The photo was taken in September in Ogunquit, ME. Originally, I was thinking of writing a haiku and came up with a few. Here's one:

periwinkle trail
...wild adventures begin
without our knowing

The photo shows the determination of the snail. There's a haiku by Issa on the idea that can't be beat:

little snail
inch by inch, climb
Mount Fuji!

Translated by David G. Lanoue.

Rather than compete with the master, I wrote a small poem that incorporated both Issa's idea and the one that I tried to get across with my haiku. I took the determination idea and worked the wild in. Determination will only take you so far when faced with elements out of your direct control, for example, the weather, the tides, or a kid with a plastic pail. When one gives up thought of control, who knows what adventures will ensue?

A rather Dickinsonesque poem, don't you think?

Update: it is now 9:00 pm, and Irene's wild link-up has begun! Check it out!

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29 comments:

  1. Andrea MurphyNovember 8, 2015 at 1:44 PM

    Oh, I love this.

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 8, 2015 at 9:07 PM

      Thanks, Andy. That little periwinkle's path was even longer than the photo shows. Amazing.

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  2. Irene LathamNovember 8, 2015 at 4:46 PM

    Diane: I LOVE THIS. The wild abandon of winkle tenacity.... makes my heart beat wildly for sure! thank you for making this your own -- and for sharing it. Beautiful!!

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 8, 2015 at 9:08 PM

      Thanks, Irene, for all your years of blogging, and for providing me with the wild challenge!

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  3. RuthNovember 8, 2015 at 9:18 PM

    Wonderful!

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  4. Linda BNovember 8, 2015 at 10:07 PM

    You know those winkles well, Diane. Lovely, and this, too: "When one gives up thought of control, who knows what adventures will ensue?:

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 8, 2015 at 11:19 PM

      If you hum to a periwinkle, it's supposed to come out of its shell. I've found myself humming to snails on a number of occasions!

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  5. Marion EldridgeNovember 8, 2015 at 11:18 PM

    Beautiful, Diane!

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  6. Donna SmithNovember 9, 2015 at 12:19 AM

    Why, I believe I've met that winkle!
    Beautiful!

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  7. Gillena CoxNovember 9, 2015 at 5:54 AM

    Periwinkles are lovely
    Have a good week Diane


    Monday Writes #37 is up

    much love...

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 9, 2015 at 7:12 PM

      I somehow imagine the periwinkles of T & T are brighter in color then the ones up here--ours are a uniform gray-brown.

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  8. Michelle Heidenrich BarnesNovember 9, 2015 at 7:05 AM

    Wonderful, Diane! Oh, if that "winkle tenacity" could be bottled. I could use a swig right about now....

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 9, 2015 at 3:53 PM

      You'd need a lot of winkles to make a bottle's worth!

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  9. laurasalasNovember 9, 2015 at 8:51 AM

    Love this, Diane! I immediately thought Emily Dickinson and then got to your line about that, too. "When one gives up thought of control, who knows what adventures will ensue?" So true. So difficult, but so true. Thanks for this wonderful poem.

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 9, 2015 at 3:54 PM

      Thanks, Laura. Every once in a while, I'm bitten by the Emily bug.

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  10. jamaNovember 9, 2015 at 11:13 AM

    Winkle tenacity -- sublime. Wonderful poem, Diane!!

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  11. Buffy SilvermanNovember 9, 2015 at 5:03 PM

    Wonderful, Diane--I especially like "The wild abandon/of winkle tenacity." (And that inch by inch, climb Mt. Fuji ain't bad either.)

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 9, 2015 at 7:02 PM

      I bet, given the challenge of Mt. Fuji, the Maine snail would have made it to the top!

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  12. jan godown anninoNovember 9, 2015 at 6:10 PM

    Hello to the winkle-hummer.
    This trail detected is a sweeping wide world photograph for the winkle and such a small space for us.
    The dichotomy you've captured is good to ponder.

    And "winkle tenacity" is a smooth-going phrase if there ever was one.

    is

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 9, 2015 at 7:04 PM

      Thanks, Jan! I was struck by how far the little thing had gone without being washed away by a wave. It was probably the equivalent of a ten mile walk for me!

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  13. Robyn Hood BlackNovember 9, 2015 at 7:13 PM

    You know I'm completely ensared by a Dickinson-ish poem with echoes of Issa... Bravo, Diane! (& Go, Periwinkle....)

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    1. Diane MayrNovember 9, 2015 at 9:10 PM

      I wonder where he is right now? Perhaps he feels like Sisyphus, what with the tides every 6 hours?

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  14. catherinemjohnson.comNovember 10, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    Thia is awesome! Giving up control is truly wild and liberating. Great post!

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  15. catherinemjohnson.comNovember 10, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    Thia is awesome! Giving up control is truly wild and liberating. Great post!

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  16. Carol VarsalonaNovember 10, 2015 at 9:36 PM

    I love the periwinkle trail haiku and the rhythm of your haiga. Wonderful poem and photo combination.

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