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Sunday, January 18, 2009

waltz

skaters' waltz
the spectators
stomp their feet
[First published, in a slightly different version, in Sketchbook]

9 Comments:

Blogger Masago said...

Interesting contrast (been there in both roles). :-)

7:57 PM  
Blogger John McDonald said...

enjoyed Bill
john

12:49 AM  
Blogger Devika Jyothi said...

Unfamiliar scene, so to say

trying to imagine :)

wishes,
devika

8:33 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

That's what I was going for, Vaughn.

Thanks, John.

Where there's ice, there's cold,Devika.

Thanks for the comments.

9:31 AM  
Blogger Magyar said...

Bill.
_Cold feet or not, were the stomps in 3/4 time?
_m

9:49 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

magyar, I have an Irishman's sense of rhythm.

6:47 PM  
Blogger haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert) said...

It works!
Nice contrast!

3:14 AM  
Blogger Tikkis said...

Somehow Walzing Mathilda and WWII in Europe in my mind... But Walzing Mathilda is an Australian song :-)

Anyway; peace, Bill!

3:32 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

It's a good song, too, tikkis.

10:25 AM  

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