August Blog Bash, Day 1 - S. M. Abeles @dreamsoftaos

Welcome to the Debut
of the August Blog Bash 2012!

I am very much excited and honored to be hosting this new feature series... and it is a great way to end the summer!  This Blog Bash is an impressive talent showcase of poets, artists, and writers/authors from all walks of life.  For each day of this month, one individual will be featured here on this blog, at Origami Lotus Stones, my Twitter (hashtag will be #augblogbash), my Facebook community page, and on my blog page on Writing Our Way Home.  Please be patient while I post on all platforms.

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Today's Feature:  S. M. Abeles

This senryu is filled with interpretations for me.  While on the surface it feels like a difficult baseball game (perhaps, or some other similar sport?  I'm not the best sports fan here, so forgive me...), but underneath its athletic metaphor, there seems to be a "windy" kind of relationship between two people.  One can only imagine the outcome in this one.  I do love the ambiguity.

I absolutely fell in love with this haiku.  To become one with nature:  This is what this haiku shows--in that humanity can show its humility by being small just for that "only time," however brief or however long.  I love this convergence between human nature and nature.

Wonderful work, Scott!  Thank you so much for sharing and being one of the contributors!

(NB:  Text arrangement on MS PowerPoint by Kathy Uyen Nguyen.  Please note that short form poetry will be in this format.)
To check out more of Scott's work, you can click on the following links:

Everything is Empty (blog)
Everything is Empty (Facebook page)
@dreamsoftaos (Twitter)

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