Two Haiku Published at Whispers and Echoes Magazine!
I am delighted to share two of my haikus, Dancing and Autumn Morning, are published at Whispers and Echoes Magazine!
Dedicated to short and crisp writing, I am proud to have my writing included in this online journal collective. I am a lover of small thoughts and the little things and those feelings in words are the poems Whispers and Echoes seeks to share.
I am slow to embrace the feel of the new season, but I have come to enjoy fall. I have come to love the slow transition from summer into the next season as yellow and green leaves hang side by side on the trees and foliage begins to clog the creek that runs behind my home.
Where I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains, fall is what people come to see in my mountains. If I walk out my back door and walk through the woods, I come out on the Blue Ridge Parkway where the cars drive from overlook to overlook for splash of memory-worthy beauty.
The seasons influence my writing, yet I find myself writing of spring in fall, dreaming of summer in winter, wanting to put to words the sparkle of morning sun on snow in spring.
What I experience daily and what I remember goes into my writing. What I have and what I long for goes into my writing, which is why I write about not only the things I know but also the things I do not know and learn in doing so. Whether it be for your eyes or the world, try writing out of your comfort zone once in a while.
Dancing and Autumn Morning are safe poems since they are poems directly inspired by where I live, but also poems that contain my feeling of home. Please enjoy my dedication to fall and imagine autumn in the Blue Ridge.
Dancing
Steam curls in the cold . . . please continue reading here.
Autumn Morning
I cannot tell the . . . please continue reading here.
As always, feel free to share your beautiful thoughts!
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Ming Qian
Hey Jaya, congratulations on the feature! I tried to vote for your poem at the link you included, but perhaps I’m a little late for that. My apologies!
Jaya Avendel
Thank you! Voting has indeed closed for the contest, but I appreciate the thought. 🙂
kamala Belagur
Congratulations.. 👏
glowsteady
Congratulations!! Your home sounds like a beautiful place to live, autumn is my favourite season so I definitely see how it can be an inspiring one x
Susi Bocks
Yay, Jaya! Beautiful 🙂
Nancy
Congratulations on getting two of your haikus published! Oooh at this point, I lost count on how many you’ve had published hehe. It is great that you have an amazing view of the mountains. I am jealous of places where there is actual autumn.. Where the leaves actually change colors! In LA, it still feels like summer out here. Next thing we know, it is winter lol! I really felt Autumn Morning with the west coast fires. Couldn’t tell with the cigarette smoke or ashes from the burnt land!
Nancy ✨ exquisitely.me
Jaya Avendel
I love that you were able to experience Autumn Morning in a way different from everyone else, though I am sorry to hear about the fires!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Em and Jess
A massive congratulations to you on your success. You definitely have a gift when it comes to poetry, I look forward to seeing what you come up with next!
Jaya Avendel
Thank you so much! Encouragement means the world.
Natasha Evans
Congratulations!!!
Tash // A Girl with a View
Hayley
Congratulations Jaya! Out of the two, Dancing was probably my favourite but now that you mention it I’m not sure I can tell the difference between a cold smoke and cigarette smoke either. Is it just the smell? Do they move in different ways? I’d never really thought about it before. I love the way your poetry begs you to reconsider the things we take for granted. The subtle beauties of everyday life. 🙂
Jaya Avendel
😍 Wow, Hayley, your reflections on my poems blows me away! Thank you so much for sharing your immediate thoughts and reminding me what poetry is all about.
Anika May
Congratulations, that’s so exciting! What brilliant news. I love the Autumn Morning poem 🙂
Anika | chaptersofmay.com
Melissa Kacar
Both of these poems are so beautiful and capture the feeling of home and the fall season perfectly. Its so exciting that they were published! The seasons inspire me so much creatively, as well. I loved reading this, thanks for sharing! I just voted for you in the poetry contest you shared too! 🙂
Jaya Avendel
Thank you, Melissa, for your inspiring words and for voting! Means the world. 🙂
Navita Bhatia
It was my pleasure to vote for your ‘peace’.
Navita Bhatia
Honestly, I envy your easy access to the breathtaking beauty of fall season. I have always been a mountain person, so I could imagine your inner feelings while walking through those worlds on hills.
Coming to your two amazing pieces, no wonder they got published. I could sense your love for the seasons in both of them.
Jaya Avendel
Thank you, Navita! Being able to share glimpses of the beauty I know not everyone has such easy access to makes me happy!
Thank you also for voting. 🙂
Molly @ Transatlantic Notes
These are wonderful! Thank you for sharing your talents with us all!
Rishika Kakar
Congratulations, Jaya! I really enjoyed both of the haikus. You captured the essence and sentiments so well with your words. Great going! ❤️
ecbcmanchester
Congratulations! Even your commentary about your poetry is beautifully written. Love the dancing poem- does remind me of when I danced myself many moons ago. Thank you for sharing, you have incredible talent. Emma 🙂 x
Jaya Avendel
Thank you! I always love sharing a little of the inspiration behind what I write. 🙂
alexfaithwrites
Congratulations on being published again!
K.M. Allan
Congrats, Jaya! Nice Haikus.
Jaya Avendel
Thank you!
bournemouthgirl
Congratulations on the publications!! You have done really well! Your writing is beautiful.
Jaya Avendel
Thank you so much for your amazing words!
Sakura Feels
Congratulations again on seeing you published!! Also very happy every time I find out haiku is still very much appreciated 🙏❤️
Jaya Avendel
Haiku is not a dead form! I love its challenge to say something in few words.
Ingrid
A beautiful write, Jaya: congratulations on your well-deserved publications! ‘The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia’ sound like a far-off wonderland to me. It sounds like you really appreciate the natural paradise in which you live, as do I here in the Slovenian alps.
Jaya Avendel
No matter where we live, Ingrid, there is pure delight all around us!
Ingrid
That is a very good point, Jaya – sometimes we just need to remind ourselves of this truth!
Lisa's Notebook
Ah, congratulations again, Jaya. I do love your haikus, it always amazes me how you can pack so much meaning into so few lines (I know that’s the point of haikus but still!). Both are beautiful, I can’t pick a favourite 🙂
booksforall93
These are really nice haikus, I really liked Autumn Morning!
Jaya Avendel
Thank you!
Elle
Loved the two poems!! Especially Autumn Morning. 🥺💕🥰 Congratulations on this Jaya! Followed you! Hoping to see more of this! 😊 xo
Jaya Avendel
😍 Thank you so much for the encouragement! May the words flow.
Elle
Of course, Jaya! xo
Sahara
That is amazing news!!! Massive congratulations on being published in Whispers and Echoes Magazine!!
Fall is personally my favorite season, I just love how the weather is just right, and the color turning for the leaves from summer. I think hiking/exploring is definitely a fall activity, the weather isn’t too hot to need like 5 water bottles, but is just right to continue on the path.
Your poem Dancing just painted the picture in my mind of a ballet dancer dancing in the rain with autumn leaves around, the steams curling part kind of put in my mind of it being warm enough for it to feel warm when the rain hits the ground.
Autumn Morning is super direct and to the point! Misty mornings are very much fall/autumn and it really symbolizes the change of season of being able to differentiate misty mornings vs cigarette smoke.
Love both pieces!
Sahara
https://www.saharasdreams.com/
Jaya Avendel
Sahara, your in-depth thoughts made my day! Thank you so much for sharing not only your thoughts on the beauty of the fall season, but also how you read my poems.
barbaraleaver
Golden leaves – brings back memories of when I visited Maryland (Edgewater) sitting in a small restaurant by the water and the multicoloured Autumn leaves on the trees. Congratulations on your publication!
Jaya Avendel
I love that these poems evoked a memory for you. 🙂
Lindsey
Ahh congratulations, that’s incredible. I’m not surprised though, your work is always so beautiful. You capture the most amazing imagery with just a few words, you’re so talented!
Jaya Avendel
Thank you so much! Your enthusiasm makes me smile.
my valiant soul
Congrats:)