everywhere

 I remember a time when i used to see lots of stars in the night sky, here in St James, Trinidad, where i live.

Now not so. The stars are few and the night sky most times blank except for the moon.

stars everywhere 

joining dots in search

of dad's constellation 

--Lakshmi Iyer, India 

This haiku took me back to a happy time of night sky watching.

For the poet, this might also be so. A haiku contemplating a happier time.

But there is also longing and sadness intimated in this haiku. The poet, desperate for continued connection, traces a constellation to recapture a loss of love, her father.

Four poets commented on Lakshmi's haiku and all four comments carried  a sense of loss and longing.

Structurally, Lakshmi's approach in this haiku can be seen as 'out of the box', it is neither a 17 syllable, nor  is it of  the formal 5.7.5 format.

Review by Gillena Cox; founder/coodinator Caribbean Kigo Kukai

View all the haiku and comments HERE 

 View the invitation for this kukai HERE