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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.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

driving back . . .

that carcass abandoned

even by the crow

Masago said...: Whew, must have been a real stinker. ;-); 9:39 PM
Bill said...: Since the car windows were closed, I can neither confirm nor deny, Vaughn. But it looked the very image of desolation, something not even a crow would want. A crow had been working on it when we drove by the first time.; 7:57 AM
Pat Paulk said...: Crow must've gone looking for Rolaids.; 8:41 AM
Anonymous said...: There are more layers here than the obvious. At least that's the way I read it. Effective, Bill.; 10:58 AM
polona said...: so it goes.
yes, well done!; 1:50 PM
Bill said...: Anyway, dental floss, Pat.

Aurora, thanks for that reading. I feel that way, but, apart from my response to Vaughn, I'll let the poem speak for itself.

So it goes, indeed, polona, and the question for us is what "it" is.; 7:02 AM
floots said...: i like it as a piece of observation
but for me it also asks questions
about grief
good write bill
thank you; 10:16 AM
Bill said...: Thanks for your sensitive reading, floots.; 4:30 PM