Woman in Blue
reading his last letter –
burning red leaves
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: haiku about a painting
83/100 Days of Summer
Small stone
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Found Haiku: The title of Vermeer’s painting is “Woman in Blue Reading a Letter.”
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One of my all time favorites. The stillness and silence in this picture, the allusion to pregnancy, waiting time, the letter/news almost associate to an annunciation.
Yet, it is likely that there is disappointment. The map associates to far away places. Where is he writing from? Perhaps he is not coming back… the autumn of the relationship in the haiku… will she burn the letter too? Where are all the feelings… .
Whatever you make of it, the stillness and containment in this painting keep bringing me back to it.
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blue mountains
believing in the here
and now
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blue rinse the time it takes
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: blue
blue moon
why am I reminded
of Mount Fuji?
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in French:
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lune bleue –
pourquoi me rappelle-t-elle
le mont Fuji ?
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and in Romanian :
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lună albastră
de ce îmi aminteşte
de Muntele Fuji ?
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I wrote this haiku as a response to the painting by André Derain: Mountains at Collioure, 1905, posted on FB by Virginia Popescu (see here).
Virginia very kindly, and enthusiastically, translated my haiku into French and Romanian! Once again, thank you, Virginia! I like this idea!
You can see Virginia Popescu and other poets’ responses to paintings, and indeed contribute to her project yourself, on her FB page here
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