Wednesday, January 19, 2011

wund throuch
the bombed-oot hames -
dowie chanter




wind through
the bombed-out homes -
sad flute

5 comments:

  1. sad, John...read of a bomb scare in UK; didn't read of bombed houses

    morning chill
    awakened by the tremors
    of a shivering earth

    Indo-Pak earthquake (rather than Indo-Pak war) this morning leaving tremors in Delhi as well...no casualities....

    wishes

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  2. Just enough ambiguity whether the flute is literal or metaphorical.This avoids sentimentality and melodrama. Most effective.

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  3. A melancholic post, John...

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  4. the book i'm reading now has an a after war theme; your haiku is pertinent

    ---much love---

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  5. Deeply felt, John.
    Sincerly, _m

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