deeper shadows where the walls meet... autumn rain – Mark E. Brager, The Heron's Nest, Volume XXI, Number 3 (2019) I imagine a corner, two walls meeting at right angles. I can see the depth of shadow there. If I reach out, I am sure the surface – rough brick or smooth masonry – will be cooler; perhaps because the autumn rain I now notice has started to fall. The places where people meet are more emotionally complex, stepping, as we may have to, from the comfort of the familiar to the challenge of the unfamiliar. Those “deeper shadows” may be rich with empathy and gratitude. Eshadows in corners Photograph by Steven Castledinequally, they may be fraught with conflict and umbrage. Brager’s haiku shifts me from inanimate objects to human experience. I sense loss through the image of “autumn rain,” or at least an understanding, or acceptance, of inevitable change that results in something being left behind. Perhaps change, even for the better, always leaves a
Lovely way to start your July stones. The (French) summer has been captured!
ReplyDeleteI heard my first cicada just last night. And now I have a to go- because a small stone just dropped into my head! Have a great July and thank you for joining my small stones blog.
ReplyDeleteJust lovely, Lynne. I found myself nodding my head along to this one. I did part of my growing up on an orchard and this captures it perfectly :)
ReplyDeleteLove the repetition of cicadas at the end...very expressive stone.
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What Jade said.
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