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Thursday, April 03, 2008

hug

starry night
hugging each other
against the cold
("Editor's Choice," Sketchbook, March 2008)

16 Comments:

Blogger Tikkis said...

(I've joined Facebook, and folks are hugging there, me!)

Two enemies
hugging each other --
a Warm Season

11:15 AM  
Blogger polona said...

powerful... makes me wonder who the persons hugging each other are...
i know which i would prefer :)

11:22 AM  
Blogger Ričardas said...

A hug is good, and it is even better on a cold starry night. Well captured, Bill.

12:37 PM  
Blogger Masago said...

Cozy.

6:30 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

tikkis, polona, ri?ardas, and vaughn, here's a hug.

7:23 PM  
Blogger Pat Paulk said...

I see the stars hugging with fiery arms.

6:21 AM  
Blogger floots said...

sounds good to me :)
cheers bill

10:40 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

I like your reading, Pat. An earlier draft could be read as the stars doing the hugging, but I found that too overt. I softened it to the present form, in the hope that some readers might make the imaginative leap. Thanks.

And thnak you, floots.

5:10 PM  
Blogger Inside our hands, outside our hearts said...

How wonderful a cool night can be when the "right" two arms are holding you. I am dreaming that one day the arms I dream of will find me. Thank you Bill, very nice.

T

7:57 PM  
Blogger Melanie Alberts said...

I observed this yesterday at recess. The girls were hugging against the cold, the boys' footballs were just thrown farther to each other!

6:23 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

thanks, T and Melanie. Traditionally "each other" implies two, but colloquially it can suggest a larger group, so you can read this as you like it.

Just to round off the thought, traditionally "one another" implies three or more. But, as I say, this distinction is rarely made in conversation.

10:20 AM  
Blogger haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...

"tikkis, polona, ri?ardas, and vaughn, here's a hug."

oh...

...i`m too late...

but i like this haiku too!

4:07 PM  
Blogger John McDonald said...

nice one bill
john

12:57 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

And here's one just for you, Angelika.

Thank you, John.

7:26 PM  
Blogger jem said...

Lots of room to think in this one. To fill gaps and make your own story to fit. I like that in writing.

3:32 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks, jem. That's the kind of effect I was going for.

1:29 PM  

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