haiku-usa

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

Haiku is to poetry as espresso is to coffee.

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

the thin sound

of a screen door closing . . .

and a wisp of cloud

Bill said...: java boy: I'm not sure "everyone" is fascinated with haiku; apparently you're not, for one. Haiku at its best—not necessarily as represented at this blog—registers the essence of a moment, a perception, a fleeting but resonant experience and encourages in its readers an awareness of and openness to the moment. Formally, it exemplifies the qualities of compression, conciseness: the power of saying much in little. Some of us find this fascinating. The ideal is, of course, seldom realized, but we're fascinated by the effort even so.; 7:42 PM
Anonymous Poet said...: You capture that "thin sound" so well.

But, so often, it is followed by the "clack" of the door striking its frame, isn't it?; 7:29 PM