her strokes on my cheeks
empowering me always
maa*, my home and heart
maa*: mother
Shared with Carpe Diem haiku Kai, celebrating May 2015 as the month of Master Basho’s poetic journey.
her strokes on my cheeks
empowering me always
maa*, my home and heart
maa*: mother
Shared with Carpe Diem haiku Kai, celebrating May 2015 as the month of Master Basho’s poetic journey.
brilliant. simply brilliant! less is more and you do it brilliantly
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Overwhelmed! Thank youuu … 😀
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Really beautiful… Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
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Thanks so much dear….. wish you a happy weekend ahead… 🙂
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Happy Mothers Day to all great mothers 🙂 beautiful post! 🙂
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Thanks a lot dear… ❤ 🙂
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your haiku represents “mother” well – so sensitive and powerful is she!
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Indeed, all mothers are like that…. 🙂 Thank you… 🙂
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Oh so tender and beautiful – yes mother!
Thanks Maniparna.
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Thanks Dilip for the lovely comment… 🙂
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Wow. 🙂 Simply beautiful.
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Thanks, Kiran…. 🙂
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Absolute Love is Maa … beautiful 🙂
Loving this new layout girl .. its looking more spacious and serene !
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True, maa means comfort and love… 🙂
Thanks dear, was awaiting your opinion on this… 😀
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It is a new way to see this matter. It is interesting as well. http://www.bellofpeace.org
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Thanks … 🙂
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This is absolute love ❤
Beautiful 🙂
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Thanks so much… 🙂
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Just lovely!
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Thanks… 🙂
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awesome 🙂
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Thanks dear… 🙂
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Wonderful and perfect way to celebrate Mothers everywhere.
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Thanks..composed this as Mother’s Day is approaching… 🙂
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Truly a beautiful way to honor Mothers across the world.
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Thanks a lot… 🙂
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Beautiful and profound! 🙂
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Thanks dearie… ❤
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It’s always better to have a home than to be homeless! 😉
If Taken in My Hand
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Haha..it is… 😀 thanks…
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And almost Mother’s Day here. Thank you for beautiful haiku dedicated to mothers….oh, loving the new look of your blog!
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Thanks a lot, Indah…. really, really relaxed to know that the new look is working good for all my readers…. 🙂 Was quite tensed….
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So sincere, warm, loving. Wonderful mountain photo and new, bright look. Such a heartfelt dedication your haiku is. That says a lot. Nice painting with it must say.
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Thanks…Glad you liked the new look 🙂 Jamini Roy was one of the most famous painters of Bengal.
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Maa is a powerful three letter word especially in India. Hope you have seen the dialog from Deewar movie… the maa one 😀
Well written 🙂 Short yet sweet.
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Hehe… ”mere pas maa hain” … 😛 😀
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Maaa :).> That word says it all, the essence in unconditional love!
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Always…Maa’s are like that…universally… 🙂 Thanks Vinay..
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Both the haiku and Jamini Roy painting convey the essence of love and security and comfort linked with ‘maa’.
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“Maa” itself is such a sweet word…..:-) Thanks Somali for the kind words… 🙂
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I love the layers of meaning you have captured in a few short lines here. Your haiku made me stop, think and refocus my attention on mother earth. Thank you.
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Great to know that you’ve found this one worth that. Mother Nature nurtures us in the same way as our biological mothers. Thanks a lot for your wonderful words… 🙂
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You are welcome. It was a lovely haiku
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To think of maa as ‘home’ is amazing – a perspective I haven’t thought much about, I admit, but if I do, I find it so apt. Maa: a place of refuge where you can go hide when you want, and the home you turn to when you’re tired, sad or weary. ❤ A beautiful ode to mothers.
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So well said Ami. You’ve echoed my thoughts …Thanks a lot dear… 🙂
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Wonderful. Very deep.Maa, my home and heart, love this line<3
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Thanks Suchetana… 🙂 Mothers are like that, isn’t it?
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Yes of course they are like that:)
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