Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Patrick Sweeney and Tom Montag: Wednesday Haiku, Week 36

  



Wednesday Haiku, Week #36



aftershocks
holding my son
the roughness of his beard
Patrick Sweeney















Road bends
or does not.

I go with it.

Tom Montag












the beards of grasses
tickling me...
evening cool
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue







best,
Don



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4 comments:

  1. Charles GramlichSeptember 21, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    holding my son. The roughness of his beard."

    Wow, powerful. I have a 24 year old. His beard still isn't rough. but I could sense it coming.

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  2. Graham NunnSeptember 21, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    The image of the son's beard in Patrick's poem really hit me... and Tom, I know that road... two mighty fine poems.

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  3. Graham NunnSeptember 21, 2011 at 7:10 PM

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  4. Issa's Untidy HutSeptember 22, 2011 at 6:13 AM

    Charles and Graham, that image is the one that arrests you both ... a fine job by Patrick, expanding the poem's horizon beyond its basic innate emotion.

    And Graham, the road that is the way ...

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