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A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

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Monday, August 22, 2005

pulling a river behind it—

the waterfall

Anonymous Poet said...: I like the image of the waterfall pulling a river. Great description.

Niagara falls? Or somewhere near the Hudson River?; 8:51 PM
Bill said...: anon: it's really an archetypal waterfall, rather than a particular one. I wrote this for a kukai (competition) in which "waterfall" was the assigned kigo (season word: waterfall indicates summer in haiku tradition). I drew on my memory of waterfalls. The haiku took third place, by the way.; 9:53 AM
kara said...: Beautiful ~; 10:26 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, Kara; 4:24 PM
floots said...: That's a beautiful image.
(I've been offline during a house move and only just up and running again. Thanks for the visit. You were right about the ending of dusk: I wanted the ambiguity to be there.); 11:25 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, floots, and welcome back. I found "dusk" very effective.; 6:02 PM
Dana said...: I love this one!!!; 7:24 PM
Bill said...: Thank you, Dana; 8:19 PM
Anonymous Poet said...: Congrats on the award!; 7:31 PM