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!!

Also shared with:

http://gooseberrygoespoetic.blogspot.in/2012/03/poetry-picnic-week-28-these-are-few-of.html

14 comments:

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

    Someone is Special

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

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

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

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

    Have a good week ~

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Great linking set, profound images.

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

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

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  11. Remarkable and captivating. I loved it.

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

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