Friday, March 23, 2012

Gifts of Poverty..




Written for Haiku Heights


Prompt: Endurance

When I thought of writing haiku for this
prompt, only two pictures came to mind..
Earth rotating around the Sun and
a mother breaking stones
on the side of a road with her little children playing...
I don't know whether their
father was around or not...that's one
assumption I made...that he wasn't there...picture
has stayed with me for many years..and here
I draw it in words..

Gifts of Poverty..

Ah, she breaks stones
under the scorching Sun;
naughty children

Naughty children
 gift her happy smiles each night;
Gifts of poverty

Gifts of poverty
held with a stealy resolve;
a mother endures

A mother endures
life each day just for a day;
Ah, she breaks stones..

RS :)

Well, I don't know how  but I did bring smiles in this sad haiku too.. God bless!!

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14 comments:

  1. Someone is SpecialMarch 23, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    gifts of poverty RS... Great Haiku Set.. Sharing on Few Miles timeline.. SmileS..

    Someone is Special

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  2. anthonynorthMarch 24, 2012 at 1:34 AM

    Wonderful words. We can always endure if we have the will.

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  3. Tarang SinhaMarch 24, 2012 at 2:26 AM

    Beautiful set of haiku!

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  4. Bruce MillerMarch 24, 2012 at 4:58 AM

    "Ah, she breaks stones" is poetry all by itself!

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  5. carol l mckennaMarch 24, 2012 at 5:04 AM

    wel written ~ Ramesh ~ my favorite is the next to last one ~thanks, namaste, ^_^

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  6. GraceMarch 24, 2012 at 5:53 AM

    I like the weaving haiku set....that scene breaks my heart ~

    Have a good week ~

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  7. KarenMarch 24, 2012 at 10:18 AM

    Well done. Life can be hard. The trick is to find some beauty every day. She finds it in her children's smiles.

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  8. zongrikMarch 24, 2012 at 3:24 PM

    gifts of poverty could mean so many things

    two senryu dedicated to the novelist

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  9. ElleceeMarch 24, 2012 at 5:28 PM

    I enjoyed this Haiku very much. I, myself, relate to "held with a stealy resolve; a mother endures" I have been there years ago. Thank you for your words.

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  10. Frank WatsonMarch 24, 2012 at 7:04 PM

    Great linking set, profound images.

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  11. Jeannette,March 25, 2012 at 1:47 AM

    to "break stones" is to give life to her children...i love this haiku..

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  12. A Walk In My HeartMarch 26, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    Very meaningful! I had been blessed with such a mother.

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  13. Preeti S.March 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM

    Remarkable and captivating. I loved it.

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  14. HemaMarch 31, 2012 at 2:57 AM

    Wow..you have painted such a great word picture.

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