haiku-usa: smile

Saturday, May 02, 2009

a smile from the girl

his mother warned him about

graduation day

[First published in Moonset]

Devika Jyothi said...: Nice one, Bill :)

wishes,
devika; 10:02 PM
Emma Dalloway said...: brillaint... charming!!!; 11:50 PM
John McDonald said...: nice one
john; 1:19 AM
Frank... said...: A nicely captured moment...; 10:06 AM
polona said...: oh, that's an excellent senryu - implies so much...; 12:48 PM
Magyar said...: Grand, Bill. _m; 5:40 PM
Bill said...: Thanks, my friends. This virtually wrote itself. And came out a perfect 5-7-5 to boot!; 9:17 PM
J. Andrew Lockhart said...: oh this is great - has a meaning to me- too long to tell, but you brought a memory to me. thanks. :); 9:29 PM
gautami tripathy said...: Great senryu!; 8:28 AM
Gillena Cox said...: so did 'he' smile back?

much love
gillena; 4:00 PM
Bill said...: Andrew, I think most of us guys can come up with a memory relevant to this.

Thanks, gautami.

Gillena, of course he did. But he didn't tell mom. (Hey, would this work as a Mother's Day ku?); 8:35 PM
Tikkis said...: 4 points if that is a Mother's Day ku!

the man is writing
a Mother's Day haiku --
asks her to keep mouth shut; 11:15 AM
jem said...: Good one. The best smiles surely come from the ones we've been warned about!; 3:03 AM
Bill said...: Belated thanks, tikkis and jem. Just got back from Los Angeles, where I experienced my first California earthquake.; 1:11 PM

haiku-usa