kids beachcombing
fishers netting the ocean
cache of patience
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kids beachcombing
fishers netting the ocean
cache of patience
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I took this photo when McPaulus was still alive – people would take photos of his book from different parts of the world – haha – like The Puzzle Box was reporting on its travels – he loved that!
Love the haiku and the photo…a nice way to end my Sunday.
Thanks Charles. Tell you what – when you get around to publishing your Aunt Bea collection of poems I will take a photo of the book for you
yes, i remember he loved those puzzle box photos from places the book had travelled. a fond memory, thanks, and a lovely haiku
He was a big kid wasn’t he tipota
So excited when I showed him the photos – there was a few – some of the puzzle box in the trees, some on the beach etc.,
yeah, and i sent him one of my brother just having opened a christmas present
with the puzzle box inside, haha. it was fun, he was so appreciative
Great last line….these times recharge
They do – it was a lovely hot day on Monday when I wrote this Kate – we went down the beach (student free day in all schools) and there was a group of people trawling a net from the shore; and we mucked about on the sand and in the water – there was a haze in the sky from distant bushfires and a real magical feel about the day.
Paul would be smiling wide Gabe! His words continue to keep out fires lit.
They do indeed Graham – be good to see what Brad et al put together with the poems he hadn’t published as a collection
nice photo, the tiny red rectangle in that immensity of sand, like a flower blooming.
Perfect haiku to go with it.
just like he said ‘Have a fantabulous day full of tiny miracles like unexpected flowers blooming,’ thanks Ben
Would Paul have said haiku shmaiku?
Like the idea of the book being photographed on its travels and the red contrast of it in your photo – reminds me of the movie ‘Amelie’
Oh yes he would – he wrote a number of poems on anti-haiku and haiku shmaiku – haha http://gingatao.com/2008/05/12/vowel-sounds/ and here is his blues antihaiku which is hilarious http://gingatao.com/2009/12/12/blues-antihaiku/
beautiful haiku remembering Paul — I’m glad he got to see the picture of his poems by the sea
So am I Aletha