Winter’s stillness
The only sound, my heartbeat
And the click of the shutter
In response to Jennifer Nicole Wells One Word Photo Challenge: Winter and
CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem Special #179 Tom D’Evelyn “The Held Breath: Sound and Silence in a Haiku”
I am a scientist by trade and artist by soul. My creative outlet used to be dancing but due to injuries and age, I must now find another path. I am hoping my writing, poetry and photography can be this new path.
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October 27, 2015 at 12:44 pm
Lovely
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October 27, 2015 at 12:46 pm
Thank you.
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October 27, 2015 at 12:50 pm
Gorgeous photograph! Beautiful words!
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October 27, 2015 at 12:54 pm
Thank you!
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October 27, 2015 at 2:55 pm
So stunning. Such picturesque beauty.
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October 27, 2015 at 3:07 pm
Thank you. Yellowstone again. It is hard to get a bad shot there.
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October 27, 2015 at 6:20 pm
I find myself coming back to this post, not only for the beauty in the rendering but also for the contrast: strength and vulnerability.
Winter is the season of Bare, of being exposed to the elements in stark nakedness. It is, metaphorically speaking, the time during which we must stand strongest, while stripped of our protections.
The way you describe the silence reminds me of the way trees stand flocked in December, quietly and uncomplainingly buffeted by winds and quilted in snow.
To me, winter is a time for reflection, for introspection, for standing still in the cold air and finding peace, alone, there.
I wish that for you, this season.
On the heels of “Spring” this piece reads less like a denouement than a turning point…
It is in autumn, I think, that we reach our resolutions. The trees let go their leaves so gracefully. It is a lesson we can all stand to learn. 🙂
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October 27, 2015 at 6:25 pm
Wow, thank you for your beautiful words.
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October 27, 2015 at 8:26 pm
Magnifique
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October 27, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Thank you!
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October 28, 2015 at 1:20 am
Hi Christy,
I think I can hear both your heartbeat and the click of your shutter. Such a beautiful, powerful, breathtaking image, I gasp just looking at it 🙂
Clare
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October 28, 2015 at 5:11 am
Thank you Clare
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October 29, 2015 at 1:49 am
I absolutely love this! I have completely forgotten that seasons exists her in Thailand and I heard from back home that the first snow fell today. Can’t say I particularly miss it, but this hiaku definitely reminded me of the stillness of winter, regardless.
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October 29, 2015 at 4:08 am
Thank you! I can’t believe the Twin Cities had there first snow before Halloween, yikes! Hope all is going well. I have some catching up to do on your posts.
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October 29, 2015 at 8:59 pm
Just breathtaking, both the photo and the Haiku are a perfect match. Sublime. Xx
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October 29, 2015 at 9:03 pm
Awww, thank you!
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October 31, 2015 at 1:54 pm
A breathless moment beautifully captured.
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October 31, 2015 at 2:02 pm
Thank you
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October 31, 2015 at 10:45 pm
Stillness, but the heartbeat and shutter….a picture within a picture! Love it! 🙂
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October 31, 2015 at 10:56 pm
Thank you!
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November 1, 2015 at 10:55 am
This is the kind of haiku I really like, ultra-sharp, detailed, focusing on that tiny moment, or two, and using sound as well as imagery. A beauty.
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November 1, 2015 at 11:06 am
Thank you Hamish.
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November 2, 2015 at 8:49 am
Simply beautiful. 🙂
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November 2, 2015 at 9:17 am
Thank you!
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November 2, 2015 at 8:05 pm
A haiku moment from your own experience caught so well in the haiku and the photo … that “click of the shutter” must have been loud in that silent wintery forest … very nice …
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November 2, 2015 at 8:10 pm
Thank you. Yes, it was amazingly quiet. Surreal and spiritual. It would have been irreverent to make noise.
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