Comments on: secondhand haiku: Tears

By: howard

howard — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:07 +0000

thanks, Susan — i will check them out

By: susans

susans — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:24:17 +0000

if you are interested, there are some poems I put up on my blog once when I had a real bad case of writer's block. They were written back when I was in college, and are relatively short for me.

I hope this is ok, they read very fast.

http://ifyouregoingthoughhellkeepgoing.blogspot...

posting another one up today….

By: susans

susans — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:17:28 +0000

Cannot seem to log in, but I did have problems with haikus. For some reason I can write long meandering poems that have been published when I was in college- long things that were written in the style of Eliot or Plath and people said were good but the short things… nope!

Susan.

By: howard

howard — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:48:34 +0000

thanks for stopping by, Susan!

i think you could probably handle the haiku fairly well — though i tend to think of it as something to practice rather than something to master.

By: susans

susans — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:29:28 +0000

I loved this. It reminded me of a very bad part in my life which I am still trying to heal. I have written poetry in my time and had it published, but could never master the art of a haiku.

By: howard

howard — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:51:19 +0000

that seems to be a fair interpretation. the beauty of this haiku, to me, is that it can be seen from various perspectives and reasonably apply to all of them.

By: Cerebrations

Cerebrations — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:08:05 +0000

If I were to apply the meaning I assume to my life, it would be with regards to my reaction to negative feedback that was, according to my friends and to my inner self, untrue. The salt stings and the lies dig deep.