Photography credit: Reena of Missing Moments
Alaska Glacier
remote land,
mountain bell of snow,
strikes awe and fear
strikes awe and fear
~0~0~
small footprints
on ancient ice rocks,
sun-streaked monk
sun-streaked monk
~0~0~
drumming song
stirring north ghost-sky,
native cries
native cries
Posted for: Haiku My Heart and Haiku Heights: Alien
I've seen the glaciers, walked them in my youth. This makes me remember the silence, save for the ghost spirits of an ancient way.
ReplyDeleteLovely, Grace
Rick
Really Rick ~ I hope to walk on them someday. Thanks for the visit ~
DeleteA beautiful site indeed, but danger lurks at every turn, plus I hate snow haha
ReplyDeleteI can bear the snow in the presence of such beauty ~ Thanks Pat for the visit ~
DeleteLove the last one especially ~ all are so well penned ~ excellent ~ (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeleteThank you Carol ~
DeleteHello Grace, so beautiful, this image and your accompanying haiku... I especially love the line, "mountain bell of snow..." it just rings true!
ReplyDeleteThe photograph is my inspiration ~ Thanks Lea ~
Deletenice...really cool progression in this...there is a mysticism to this that is def alluring...love the bell in the first....the small footprint in the ancient ice...back to the drum...
ReplyDeleteAwesome photo and haiku. I just visited the ice fields in the Canadian Rockies and they took my breath away.
ReplyDeleteHad experienced ordinary snows but not glaciers. Ought to be exciting! Nice write and nice pic.Heaven!
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Great haiku. Who (or what) could have traipsed the ice rocks....
ReplyDeleteLoved the haiku, especially the first.
ReplyDeleteLovely set !!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous image and some haiku moments well caught - I particularly liked the sun-streaked monk.
ReplyDeleteLiked the line "stirring north ghost-sky" It really resonates.
ReplyDeleteA beeeeeyoooootiful set!!! You've successfully captured the very essence in a very mysterious lovely way! Stunning piece and amazing selection of words Grace!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Finding epitome of life!
send some of it to my place, dear, it's been above 124F here for whole month...
ReplyDeleteWow! What a gorgeous sequence! 3 alien views on the ice: awe. monk, native--and I am still an alien walking around "ancient ice rocks" and thinking of Mars.
ReplyDeleteNice one. Mysterious and otherworldly :)
ReplyDeleteLove the "small footprints on ancient rock"!
ReplyDeletean amazing set...very surreal...
ReplyDeleteI loved every bit of it..wonderful it is...
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Absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous words and breathtaking photo. I lived in the Yukon for several months, miss it every day....
ReplyDeleteThe last haiku threads the landscapes into a haunting kind of dreamscape! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThree haiku jewels, vivid images of the world of ice wonderfully connected.
ReplyDeleteThe sound of the bell, the evocative monk, the native cries...
Thanks for sharing.
:)
I always enjoy your haikus!
ReplyDeleteThe last lines of this strike a chord--I am studying the way we have wiped out Native Americans and this, for me, speaks to that :(. Haunting but poignant.
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful the way you describe the landscape with your words, picturing a more ancient world... fabulous!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful composition Grace :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this winter homecoming. Subtle as haiku should be - yet crisp like winter chills.
ReplyDeleteVery nice...I like the night cries..
ReplyDeleteIt's always a blessing to read your take on the prompts ... very nice, Grace!! Have a great week! Thanks for your recent visit. :)
ReplyDeleteSmall footprints on ancient rocks..such is our place in this world.
ReplyDeletelovely
could feel the cold winds and the chill of the winter!! :) good work!
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Beautiful haiku. My favorite is the first one.
ReplyDeleteLove the middle one. Very tough to say so much in so few syllables.
ReplyDeleteThe monk as a small footprint...a divine image...
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