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Re: i love haiku... will have to try some... good job
By all means do. They're not as crazy making as some people think. I find that the real challenge is to keep each of the lines sort of a unit by not just "wrapping" the sense around the ends of lines 1 and 2. It really makes you hunt for the best word. Good exercise in an age of free verse!
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2902
on April 27, 2011 at 12:31 AM
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i love haiku... will have to try some... good job
posted by
poet_prophetess
on April 26, 2011 at 10:29 PM
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Re: yes get off for a rest find a coffee
Right, but salvation would have been, not in the coffee, but in keeping away from that guy (and in getting out of that rain till it subsided). The experience put me in mind of the time my wipers jammed and I had to make it to the next rest stop hanging ot the window so that could see!
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2902
on April 26, 2011 at 6:47 PM
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Re: Yes, Sam, in rain like that, the stakes are high.
posted by
2902
on April 26, 2011 at 6:43 PM
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Re: a nudge
You read my line "Is this my exit?" exactly right, John - I was rather scared for my life, not knowing whether I was a blip on his radar or not!- Bob
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2902
on April 26, 2011 at 6:39 PM
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yes get off for a rest find a coffee
great haiku.
posted by
Kabu
on April 26, 2011 at 9:31 AM
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Who knows? One must be able to see it! I know that spray and it is tough to see at times! sam
posted by
sam444
on April 26, 2011 at 6:52 AM
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You definitely don`t want a nudge in those circumstances Bob !! Terror is well described in this poem.
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CUPLETS
on April 26, 2011 at 6:06 AM
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