05 May 2026

Cutting the Clouds

Leaf 380 – Looking Back

 

Shiro Takagi - Kites Rising at Dawn (1985)


There’s something magical about kite flying ... It’s a long, long time since I last did it.

 

 

Keen to cut the clouds –

his fingers

let the line unspool.

 

 

 

 

This poem was originally written and posted on Bluesky in response to a #haikufeels writing prompt: 'keen.'