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A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

Haiku is to poetry as espresso is to coffee.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

the old man takes

his first walk in months

leap day

Adelaide said...: This is both sad and funny at the same time.

Adelaide; 5:57 AM
Danaelle said...: Here is mine, 27 February !

jours plus longs
un vieillard remonte la rue
à pas serrés; 8:00 AM
polona said...: bittersweet and well done; 9:59 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, adelaide.

Gabi Greve says she hopes the old man isn't me, but my younger brother. She's a card, that one.; 10:21 AM
Frank... said...: Indeed a biter-sweet moment, Bill.; 11:48 AM
Magyar said...: __The leap into a new day, from the old. Nice, Bill! _m; 6:15 PM
Monika said...: Yes, a very good one, Bill.Unfortunately, impossible to translate, as the double sens of "leap" can't be rendered by the french expression "jour intercalaire".; 7:34 AM
Bill said...: I like yours, Daniele.

Thanks, Polona, Frank, and M

Thanks for the thought, Monika. Whatever poetry is in this one is all in the movement from"old" through "walk" to "leap."; 12:11 PM
Crafty Green Poet said...: excellent juxtaposition!; 10:53 AM