missing the malls
on the ocean beach
she gathers shells
salty gems in her pockets
sand under her fingernails
afternoon wind
all the beachcomber’s words
blown out to sea
surfing back on white-capped waves
with the voice of a seagull
cold beach walk
on sun-warmed car seats
two sweatshirts
lingering scent of the sea
entangled in windswept hair
high tide
the beach leaves a mark
in her book
lonely mermaid’s fingerprint
a reminder of the day
a special beach
I put a pebble in my mouth
before leaving
it grazes my probing tongue
with the force of the ocean
smelling the light
on her tanned shoulder
home from the beach
tipsy from the sun’s kisses
and the rock and roll of waves
Jane Reichhold Kim M. Russell, 17th July 2019
My response to Carpe Diem #1704 Beachcomber … Renga With Jane Reichhold
In today’s episode ‘Summer Love’ we have a prompt taken from Jane Reichhold’s Dictionary Of Haiku, a modern saijiki, from the section Summer, subsection livelihood: Beachcomber. Our task is to create a Renga With Jane Reichhold using the given haiku.
writing in north norfolk 
Lovely, especially the last few lines!
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Thank you, Kunal!
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Lovely!
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Thank you!
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I like how you’ve played with the elements in this Kim – it brings the essence of sea, salt and ocean to life – and I particularly liked these lines –
surfing back on white-capped waves
with the voice of a seagull
it grazes my probing tongue
with the force of the ocean
– for me, they add a lovely compliment to the haiku – ‘answering’ with elements that awaken my senses and leave me wondering (in the best of ways) … for what I might “hear” and “taste” …
a lovely work Kim – fresh for it. 🙂
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Thank you so much, Pat. When I first looked at the selection of haiku, I wasn’t sure where to start. Getting them into some kind of order usually helps, but I had to do a lot of juggling before the muse took over.😊
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I can understand – especially since these were so close to what we did not too long ago — so I too sat and had to wonder where to begin; in the end, I went with another form altogether, just because I found myself repeating myself otherwise 😉
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Oh! Another Excellent series of Awesomeness! (@—>—) (@—>—)
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Thanks Dorna! This one was tricky.
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