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Danté
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Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:12 pm

(A Haiku)


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Light accentuates
contours of her pubic bone;
my shadow finds time.


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to anticipate touching what is unseen seems far more interesting than seeing what the hand can not touch
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Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:28 pm

I think this is really good.

Barrie
After letting go of branches and walking through the ape gait, we managed to grasp what hands were really for......
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Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:49 pm

Dante,

So few words but sooooo many images!

Nice one.

Mick

And ditto with being productive of late!
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Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:12 am

Mixed the thoughts and images pretty intelligently here.
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Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:30 am

Yes, the images contrast / complement each other nicely!

Cheers,

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Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:59 pm

This is great, captivating. Ilex.
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Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:45 pm

Barrie,

I am really chuffed that you have shown your appreciation of this poem.
It was well thought over regading the wording, I am glad it was worth the effort.

Thanks Mick, glad you enjoyed and thanks for the reply.

Aru, Haiku is not my usual form, but I´ve enjoyed so many of your short forms I decided to have a go with short forms to help tighten my writing, glad this worked.

Jon,

Thanks, I appreciate your reading and taking time to reply.

Ilex

Thank you, hope to read some more of your about the place,

Many thanks

Tim
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Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:35 pm

I especially like the last line "my shadow finds time", which echoes the title well, though the traditional haiku usually doesn't have a title.

Really good.

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Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:50 pm

Thanks Lake,

and thanks for the info re titles, I will have to bear that in mind.

All the best

Tim
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Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:03 pm

super read spot on

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