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- "Best haiku I have read on this site, I have wrote many haiku but none with the deep feeling of reflection I got from this one."
Posted by Alchemist on "Coldpacked Pantheon" by ALBATROSS
- "Snow. I thought on this haiku for several minutes... then realised I was in that "space". I was the "single snow flake"... I recalled the cathedrals of New England pine tree mountains covered in snow, the city streets of Boston or NYC at night as the soft, slow, surreal snowfall transformed the weight of the world, and in a sense how I transcended... the snow flakes juxtaposed in the glittering neon and period-like lampposts. From that single snow flake to a powerful mountain storm, falling yet rising. Amazing how powerful & complex three simplistic lines can be as Coldpacked Pantheon - the perfect title. I went into this, clicking the link expecting an epic, yet saw only the three lines like a single snow flake... and it was, in my speculations, that I realised (as already stated) this haiku is epic. Well done. Pure genius."
Posted by jonLyndon on "Coldpacked Pantheon" by ALBATROSS
- "This haiku is quite unique,it could be interpreted in many ways, due to the last line that is simply genious. Personally i see it as an impossibility for a human mind to grasp at infinity may be, thus the faith is rendered as absurd..Thanks for sharing,much to ponder on here."
Posted by tindomerel on "Coldpacked Pantheon" by ALBATROSS
- "Fantastic analysis. You really picked up on the many ways I wanted people to be able to go with it. Thank you for taking the time to comment."
Posted by ALBATROSS on "Coldpacked Pantheon" by ALBATROSS
- "hmmmm..... on the one hand I associate the lack of sense with the house of gods... where dogma is perhaps nonsense, on the other hand, the cold of the snow seems to be numbing the senses... then again, the notion that just one snow flake could snow may be considered as lacking sense, in the sense that it never snows just one flake.... space could be associated with the house, perhaps, or be taken as synecdoche, a part of science and thereby express the opposition to dogma.... and assert that science holds sway over dogma... the packed notion in the title seems to suggest either a contradiction with the space (packed vs empty/open).... or maybe a tension with the idea of a single flake.... snow, snow, no... I like the repetition of the denial over and over again.... I'm not a big fan of haiku, but this was intriguing... to me...... as a potential critique of faith, perhaps."
Posted by Unknown on "Coldpacked Pantheon" by ALBATROSS
- "Yeah you definitely picked up on the double meaning in the no sense and nonsense. Nothing sentient is also another way you could take it. We all tend to see ourselves as individuals vaingloriously, like unique little snowflakes. But one person can completely deny divinity, coldly freezing it to death or nursing it in preservation. Regardless, the cosmos doesn't give a fuck. The way it works is a mysterious thing indeed."
Posted by ALBATROSS on "Coldpacked Pantheon" by ALBATROSS
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