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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

ruffles

January thaw
a breeze ruffles the leaves
of the calendar

Revision of a haiku that appeared at the Caribbean Kigo Kukai, January 2010

11 Comments:

Blogger Bubba said...

I've always thought it nicely convenient for poets that we call calendar pages leaves.

Nice one, Bill!

7:25 AM  
Blogger Devika Jyothi said...

leaves of the calender, leaves of the diary...yes, speaks more...and "ruffles" that normally go with the other leaves,

evovative haiku, Bill :)

wishes,
devika

9:21 PM  
Blogger John McDonald said...

another good one Bill
john

12:33 AM  
Blogger Frank... said...

I like this haiku a lot, Bill. Nothing stops the march of time...

7:11 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Eric, if you're nice to the English language, the English language will be nice to you.

Your reading is appreciated, Devika.

Thanks, John.

And sometimes, Frank, time even marches in the right direction.

1:30 PM  
Blogger T.Migratorius said...

Wonderful...

6:59 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

thanks, Robin.

7:14 AM  
Blogger T said...

it's a great sketch.
you captured a great haiku moment!!!

5:26 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thank you, TAKKE.

10:07 PM  
Blogger Tikkis said...

my personal calendar --
thawing years
ruffled

1:41 AM  
Blogger Masago said...

Nice one.

6:34 PM  

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