Reaching Outward: Renhai No. 293

A Renhai by Neal Whitman (nw) & John Daleiden (jd)

by her spinning wheel
red roving in a basket
my Christmas scarf       /nw

migrating geese circling      /jd
dusk a patchwork sky       /nw

satellite photos
of distant universes—
pinpoints of light       /jd

in Renhai Studio

Archive Id: 293
Neal Whitman: USA
John Daleiden: USA
Written: November 13, 2011

Theme: Roundness
Season: Autumn
Kigo: kari wataru "migrating geese" / Animals: The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku by William J. Higginson with Penny Harter, p. 278.
Verse Form: Free
Process: Forward (2A/2B; 3; 1)

Links 1/2: wheel; roving / circling; sky: all of these objects suggest various aspects of roundness

Links 2/3: sky / universe; patchwork /pinpoints; geese / satellite; dusk / light

Links 3/1: satellite / spinning wheel; universe / basket (vastly different container shapes)

Notes: "Roundness": Circling and sky suggested a global image — a satellite taking photos of what lies out in space (another circular image), universes beyond our limited vision, the "pinpoints of light" in the retrieved satellite photos. Definitions.net provided these ideas:

-the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular.

-the quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

-fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone

-openness; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.

-the bodily property of being well rounded.

In verse 1 the words wheel, roving and scarf suggest a relationship to "roundness". While "wheel" is an obviously round shape, "roving" is a spinning process of combed fibers; a scarf, usually a rectangular shape, is used to circle around the neck to ensure warmth in cold weather.

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