Wednesday, May 05, 2010

silent alphabets

alphabets of speech
escape in vibrant spaces
leaving silent hums

21 comments:

Thom Gabrukiewicz said...

this has a great feel to it, in such a small space of words.

anthonynorth said...

Great haiku.

Rajlakshmi said...

beautiful haiku... brilliantl;y written...

Andy Sewina said...

Hum! I like it!!

<3

Sherri B. said...

Such a physical feel to your words...wonderful!

Dee Martin said...

I had pictures of letters dancing and then slipping quietly out the door...this was a fun one!

Thomma Lyn said...

Oooh, nice -- a musical haiku. I can hear a melody for it! :)

Bill said...

blank page
what are we
waiting for

sage said...

very nice!

Tammy Brierly said...

Wonderful!

Ann (bunnygirl) said...

Cool. I love thinking about language and this is spot-on.

Ramesh Sood said...

which speak to the heart more intensely.. beautiful thought, that Gautami!

one more believer said...

sparse on a page yet filled with an energy of huge proportions...

Ralf Bröker said...

I needed quite a while to get closer to the text. Very intellectual short-poem.

Best wishes
Ralf

Tumblewords: said...

Oh where, oh where do they go?

Amity said...

wow...packed in so a limited words but the meaning seems to reverberate in a wide spectrum!

beautiful Gautami!

Vivekanand M said...

Nice evocation of syncopation

Linda Jacobs said...

Ooooh, I like the word "hums" at the end. That's what words do once they've been spoken.

Deb said...

Escape! It did fit the circus theme.

Thanks for joining the Big Tent!

Business IQ said...

You inspired me. So few words said so much...which was also the meaning. Perfect and brilliant.

Sue Seibert said...

i love this one!!!