Haiku to Edited 3 - Haiku
Roundtable Haiku--Haiku to Edited 3, Fall 2006
dead friend’s possessions We can't get a sense of what the possessions are or where they are that triggered off this feeling. We need an image that suggest why he is being missed.
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Late night late night |
does he love me? does he love me? |
bedtime at last bedtime at last— |
looking for shade we need something there to hang onto. a tree or a missing tree and a context of where & why we're there looking for shade |
in the flames revealed is weird. we need a context of why or where we are. in the backseat of a police cruiser, an arsonist watching his work? bonfire flames |
rush through the store the last line doesn't do much except add a commentary or observation. we need more hint of why the rush is on. |
day old bubblegum this is a half haiku. the last line is not another image. this haiku needs context of place or significance beyond the taste in the mouth library stacks |
curtains open— this one is good but not following the order of perception: on an old stage |
autumn midnight— why midnight? what does autumn have to do with hisses and growls? and "pour" is a strong verb but not right here. we've also got plurals in the second line which suggest this is not a perception of an instant autumn moon |
train whistle sounds this may be too Millikin local for others to get. again we need more context to hint at significance here. train whistle is a good image, but we don't need to say it sounds. friends whisper students talking distant train whistle |
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Home this haiku needs some images to see where he is at home and to show the not happening prom night |
windshield wipers the verb in the second line ruins this haiku. it's not true. it draws attention to itself as if it's the important thing when it's not. this haiku is not about the swish. it's about the to and fro windshielf wipers |
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