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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

catfish

catfish
a child's eyes widen
at the word
(Published in Modern Haiku)

10 Comments:

Blogger Crafty Green Poet said...

Excellent! i really like how you've caught the child's wonder...

Thanks for your critique of my haiku btw, I'll rethink it...

4:34 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thank you, juliet.

I've benefited a lot from readers' suggestions.

7:12 AM  
Blogger polona said...

oohhh... that's great! i can see it so clearly...

12:16 PM  
Blogger Magyar said...

Ooo, Catfish, Catbirds, Cat-tails, Cats-meow. Look at that child's wide eyes ! Not -catatonic- !
Lovit Bill! _m

3:22 PM  
Blogger Masago said...

Well done!

6:21 PM  
Blogger haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...

very good!

4:07 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

polona, magyar, vaughn, angelika, thank you.

6:38 AM  
Blogger jem said...

So true. But then so do mine!

3:56 AM  
Blogger Tikkis said...

Mighty words!

12:46 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks, jem and tikkis.

4:09 PM  

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