Some Windows Close

A Haiku and Mantinada

Illustration by Monoreena

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too, can become great” — Mark Twain

sun looks other way
shadow lengthens flowered fence
and some windows close

This Haiku is for Ivette Cruz, who hand-held me to the road of syllable counting and understanding Haiku.Why some people just go away without letting us know…..

M and Anthi disappear from verse leaving AI in tears
Call Chaplin call Anthi exhort Patrick solution of theirs

This Mantinada is for someone, from whom I have learned it. Just to let you know, your AI atrocities are greatly missed! Patrick M. Ohana

Note: Mantinada consists of a Cretan 15-syllable rhyming couplet.

Illustration: Some windows often get closed without we realising. RED used as a sign of warning, as what can happen if all the windows start gettng close. The tree and its shadow denote growth slowly going to the ‘ground.

I did this painting in July 2020, to illustrate partial lockdown and its repercussions, which I found quite applicable for today’s theme.

Thank you Pierre Trudel Jenny Justice Tapan Avasthi Heidi Franklin and American Haiku for publishing my poems and helping me find the lost.

Thank you for stopping by.