Tuesday, January 05, 2010

towsy dug
baird fou o snaw -
gye lik masel




shaggy dog
beard full of snow -
very like myself

9 comments:

  1. wonderful!!

    this year seem to bring interesting reflections! :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  2. i like this one, reminds me of a Maupassant's cheracter whose beer droplets clings to a beard and looks like stars.

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  3. The question is what the lyrical I is talking about: to have a snowy beard, to be a shaggy dog, or both? I love this selfironcal view in this very much, John.

    Best wishes
    Ralf

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  4. interesting

    much love
    gillena

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  5. Well done, John!
    __Now I must go... and shave. _m

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  6. smiles,
    someone thought I resembed the "ranging lioness" in my haiku.

    no hiding in the third person?

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  7. I like the homour in this one John...

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