haiku-usa

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.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

long night . . .

another minute

clicks into place

First published in Frogpond

Frank... said...: When one cannot sleep a minute is an eternity. Nice one, Bill...; 5:40 PM
Danaelle said...: Yes ! This minute is an old friend of mine.; 1:37 AM
John McDonald said...: yes a nice one
john; 12:20 AM
Crafty Green Poet said...: excellent, the long slow night of insomnia....; 5:13 AM
Bill said...: In the Digital Age minutes are more relentless and cruel than they used to be.

Will our great grandchildren understand the meaning of "Wait a second?"; 7:10 AM
Adelaide said...: All of us insomniacs know only too well how slowly a clock ticks off the minutes. A good one, Bill.

Adelaide; 10:52 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, Adelaide. You know W. C. Fields's cure for insomnia: Get lots of sleep.; 8:40 PM