Spring Haiku 2008: GREETING

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Flowers turn
to the rising sun
in greeting

--R.K.SINGH

Gwil W said...: i know that many flowers follow the path of the sun by turning their heads through the course of the day - sunflowers being the most obvious example - but i don't think that all flowers do so - so i think R K you may have to identify the flowers you have in mind...
on the other hand i may be completely wrong!
cheers, gwilym; April 18, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Möme said...: I disagree with poet-in-residence, I think this is perfect as it is! It has a metaphorical, almost religious atmosphere.; April 23, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Ram Krishna Singh said...: There are flowers (other than sunflower) that turn their heads toward the sun. I could notice atleast four such kinds in my own compound, but I didn't know their names. Sunflower is so common that I didn't want to mention it.
To that extent what mome says is correct. And, indeed, when I composed the haiku I had that 'religious' mood in the morning.
Thanks, gwilym and mome, for reading the haiku and commenting on it. Regards
R K; April 23, 2008 at 1:00 PM