Tuesday, April 21, 2009

on waste grun
they argie -
thrissels' glaizie stugs




on waste ground
they argue -
thistles' glittering spikes

8 comments:

  1. argument, spikes..
    John, whats happening?

    hope its an imaginative mind at work! :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  2. the energy to argue over waste ground is not good, wasteful at the best, togethernes should be on the agenda.

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  3. I like unusual subjects in haiku... the third line works well

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  4. Nice approach - it could be people, animals, or just the thistles, and there is something romantic about the phrase 'waste ground'.

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  5. ouch, John!!! very skillfully put together; argument/thistle nice juxtaposition and the wasteland just completes and resonates so well
    much love
    gillena

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  6. a powerful image

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  7. One of those echoes of the human in the natural. Or is it the other way around?

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