Wednesday 5 May 2010

silent alphabets

alphabets of speech
escape in vibrant spaces
leaving silent hums

22 comments:

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

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

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

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

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

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  6. blank page
    what are we
    waiting for

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

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

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

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

    Best wishes
    Ralf

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  11. Oh where, oh where do they go?

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

    beautiful Gautami!

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  13. Nice evocation of syncopation

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

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  15. Escape! It did fit the circus theme.

    Thanks for joining the Big Tent!

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

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