Ok, My First Attempt at Haiku (I think I cheated a bit)

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juliadebeauvoir
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:57 pm

"Spring Swallows Under the Bridge"

Nosedive flight from nest
muddied on the underpass
wet with golden moon

Night sky blackens wings
plunging quill in deepest ink
up from shadowed grave

Trove in whittled beak
Mother Swallow never sleeps
godsend under keep
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:42 pm

A little bit, perhaps, but with pleasing results. FYE, this qualifies as a hakai do renga; a string of haiku.


Bien fait.

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Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:36 pm

Dunno where you cheated or how...so it must have worked.

I like the renga kind, and I love the imagery here. I'm a sucker for seasonal descriptions. They're thick but not too thick, you know?

Reminds me of a poem I had done a while back, can't remember it now, so memorable I lost it, something to do with autumn.

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