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a candle's quiet flame (haiku)

by Sigurdur Haraldsson

a candle's quiet flame
sheltered in a window pane
- autumn rain

11/05/2007

Author's Note: This won the first place in the October 2007 kukai in the Tadpole Society, where the topic word was "candle".

Posted on 11/05/2007
Copyright © 2026 Sigurdur Haraldsson

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Charles M Harrison on 12/02/07 at 09:24 PM

Very nice I can see why it won.

Posted by Rowan Luis on 02/16/08 at 01:48 PM

mmm made me feel warm

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 03/08/08 at 01:03 PM

Congratulations. A very picturesque and soothing haiku.

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 04/29/13 at 11:56 AM

there is much beauty in this ode. the disparate imagery works well and lend it necessary irony and pathos.

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