haiku-usa

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

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

snow after midnight

drifting into a dream

of empty roads

T.A.T. said...: what sweet sleep,
enjoyed,

TAT; 10:53 AM
Bill said...: Thanks TAT.; 11:38 AM
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Anonymous Poet said...: This reminds me a little bit of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" for the mood and effect, which is like that of a soft dream.; 5:42 PM
Bill said...: Thanks for your comment, anon. Even though I wasn't thinking of the Frost poem as I wrote, I've lived with that poem for years, and I don't doubt that it had something to do with this one.; 7:46 PM
EATING POETRY said...: that's the exact feeling snow captures... that emptiness... yet not frightening at all because of it's dreamlike quality.; 3:15 PM
Bill said...: Thanks, ep, for your thoughtful and sensitive comment.; 8:28 PM
Bill said...: Thanks, Denis. You know, it wasn't until I looked at what I'd written that I noticed the ambiguity you mention.; 7:22 AM