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Sunday, June 28, 2009

splinter

teasing out a splinter
from the sole of my foot–
the heat!

[This is a revised version of a haiku that appeared in the Shiki Monthly Kukai, Free Format division, for June 2009. The assigned topic: wood]

8 Comments:

Blogger Magyar said...

...the needle plunges just a little... too deep.

Words you can feel. Good one, Bill!
_m

5:06 PM  
Blogger Devika Jyothi said...

IT IS hot here,
but, words are more intense to me...I feel all the heat here, in this poem, Bill

very effective choice of words,

wishes,
devika

8:43 PM  
Blogger Frank... said...

Nice haiku Bill...

6:35 AM  
Blogger Tikkis said...

barefoot poet --
not lost
his pen

11:43 AM  
Blogger Devika Jyothi said...

Now there's a something to share Bill

yesterday when I commented I was feeling all heat there...and today as Dalloway comments 'fun' I feel like laughing,

there's another reason -- monsoon has started and slow thunder is rolling across the skies...more rains today :)

devika

4:40 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Doug. Devika, Frank, Tikkis, Dalloway, Thanks.

5:00 AM  
Blogger jem said...

I like the thought of splinters, if not their actual presence. They seem to show a greater connection between us and the things we touch.

4:39 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

That's an interesting thought, jem.

4:05 PM  

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