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.

Thursday, December 06, 2007

the shovel is heavier

this year

Masago said...: In more ways than one!; 7:17 PM
collin barber said...: I love it!

Collin; 9:12 PM
Ričardas said...: Great ...and it takes longer to reach the ground so it became shorter as well :); 10:33 PM
haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...: i like this haiku very much!

my father had similar experiences (with shovels, boxes, chairs...) and your poem brought back memories

best wishes,
Angelika; 12:55 AM
floots said...: incisive as ever bill
(with me it's the axe when i'm splitting wood) :)
thank you; 1:34 AM
Tikkis said...: first snow --
it's not so white,
either?

But, a nice haiku, yours!; 11:07 AM
polona said...: oh, i love it (less so the reasons for heaviness); 12:42 PM
Bill said...: Thanks,everyone. Yeah, tikkis, they're not making snow the way they used to.; 3:51 PM