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Thursday, January 11, 2007

home for a visit

the sound of rain

on the river

gautami tripathy said...: :); 11:27 AM
polona said...: yes! love it.; 2:12 PM
Bill said...: Thanks aurora, gautami, and polona. My favorite route home from school when I was a kid took me along the Charles River in Watertown MA, and I especially liked it on a rainy day.; 2:34 PM
J. Andrew Lockhart said...: nice! I'm glad I came here after you wrote that comment above! Wonderful story. :); 5:51 PM
Bill said...: Thanks, andrew. It also occurred to me that, like the rain, the visitor comes and goes, while, like the river, the home place endures.; 7:22 PM
Masago said...: Very nice. And I'm especially glad I came here after you wrote this most recent comment in reply to Andrew. :-); 9:07 PM
Pat Paulk said...: That's all the water in a river ever does, isn't it. Very fine offering Bill!!; 5:09 AM
Anonymous said...: Reminiscent...lovely haiku moment.; 8:20 AM
Bill said...: Thanks Vaughn, Pat, and Kara. As I've suggested, this one has a lot of personal meaning for me. I'm glad it says something to you.; 4:09 PM
floots said...: this is just right bill
evocative
mysterious
mundane
concise
expansive
personal
universal
all the truth and contradiction
of a great haiku; 8:51 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, floots. And what an illuminating enumeration of the qualities of a successful ku.; 11:00 AM
DickWhyte said...: Another brilliant poem Bill.; 2:50 PM

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