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08-28-2009
Akshata Shanbhag
Seashells hear the tides: I loved this line.It sounds so mystical and magical to me.I can almost hear the wind roaring and the sounds of the waves.The first line also makes me feel a sense of melancholy - of summers gone by and people left in the past.
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09-27-2008
Brooke Marquette
Ah, the ocean, I love it. There is such mystery and wonder about it, don't you think? You captured the essence so well in your beautiful haiku. Wonderful write, Frank. I can picture everyhing so well as I read it...:)
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09-04-2008
June Nazarian
Frank, this is another beautifully written Haiku. I love everything about the sea, and this one puts me there with the chilly winds and summer warmth, both of which I so enjoy. The seashells listen for the changes. I can hear the waves as I put a big conch shell to my ear. Thanks for this...June
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09-01-2008
Raja Sharma
Windy sea shore cold
Waits to feel the Summer warm
Sea shells hear the tides.
You do love and worship the mother nature and it is a very English virtue, I believe.
The poetic conceit is superb.I used to enjoy the lines like "Two walking showers.." by Eliot and now I see a poet coming with a promise of makings.
The most beautiful expression to me is "Sea shells hear the tides." If I draw a comparison, I find that a writer or a poet lives a complete life because others are the masters of their own art which is only a part of life but a poet lives it thoroughly because the poet is whole alive and others are partially alive.
I could go on writing many pages to describe these three lines but then I remind myself that this is not my classroom and I am not here to amaze,shock,instruct,and guide my students with the borrowed stock which I have in my mind. I am delighted that I am in the company of the poets who are going to be the glorious figures in the future college or university syllabus. I never flatter anyone but I say from the heart that Shelley and Keats would have been chatting like this had they had computers with them at that time.
Bless you
Rajasir
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09-01-2008
Debra Rose
I like this work, and I think the capitalized version of "Summer" was appropriate. In some instances in works, that makes it feel grammatically incorrect, but for you it actually made it seem as if it were the embodiment of a living being.
While everyone can write a haiku, I think it's very rare that anyone can write one well, and you did it wonderfully.
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