Carpe Diem Haiku – Stone

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deep in granite,
stone-cutter tells his son,
is a cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris by Childe Hassam

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris by Childe Hassam


Linked to Carpe Diem, where Celestine also tells a wonderful stories from Ghana, as well as some Ghana poetry.
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May 6, 2014

12 responses to “Carpe Diem Haiku – Stone”

  2. Bjorn! This is so powerful, especially, and really especially that you gave it in that ‘storytelling tone’ – I thought a recent haiku was brilliant, of yours, but this one sets a new style, with haiku as ‘narrator’ with all the background there in 3 lines.,

  4. Great haiku Björn… I hope once to give my haiku love to my children and grandchildren. in every scene of nature hides a haiku … thank you …

  5. it is a true calling when one can see the potential within an ordinary object and unearth its greatness, whether it be the stone-cutter with his chisel, the wood-whittler with knife, or the word-smith with his words.

  10. A visionary! In these few words: there is something very sage (as in looking outside of the box), or perhaps, imaginative – or perhaps, indomitable – or perhaps . . . I’ll have to ruminate on it a bit more. But, in the meantime: an awesome poem.

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