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Ohio Winter (Five Haiku)
By Liz
Look! Casualties
Strewn about the autumn ground:
The leaves have fallen.
Bony clawed-hand trees
With blood-red berries beading
Like perspiration.
Valiant pine trees
Displaying lush summer green
On dead winter days.
Bone-cracking cold and
Flesh-shredding wind now torture
The smallest sparrow.
As our breath escapes--
A ghost in cold night air--it
Floats towards heaven.
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© 2005 Liz
Published on Friday, December 2, 2005.
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Comments on "Ohio Winter (Five Haiku)"
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A former member wrote:
these haiku are beautiful in their entirety as a single poem...the second one is my favorite.love it.
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On Friday, December 2, 2005, DarkPoet
(232)
wrote:
I'm laughing from the start. Very good.
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A former member wrote:
You've really made exquisite imagery from a simple poetic form, the impact knocks away my breath.
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A former member wrote:
"Flesh-shredding wind now tortures" I like the shivering feelings portrayed: from the fallen leaves to the 'bone-cracking cold', how our breath escapes like ghosts. Inspiring modes of Japanese poetry; well done.
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On Thursday, January 10, 2013, The Dybbuk
(929) wrote:
what this non dp scholar said.... twice over... still enjoy that Ohio winter. thanks.
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On Friday, December 2, 2005, blue
(1454) wrote:
=) That was one damn fine collection of haiku!! ...and they all blended so perfectly together. Yay! for smiles. ~b
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