temple steps
— a fragment in search
of a phrase
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crow pheasant
......— a dash of orange
this sunless dawn
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graveyard shift
the nodding taxi driver
keeps me awake
the nodding taxi driver
keeps me awake
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Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
moonlights as an award-winning copywriter by day and daylights as an
award-wanting poet by night. He thinks he is funny, but his friends vehemently disagree.
Excellent collection, thank you for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteI liked this. The third one made me laugh! It is a senryu, though, is it not?
Your friend,
David Fox
It is, indeed, a senryu.
DeleteI love this, Raamesh:
ReplyDeletegraveyard shift
the nodding taxi driver
keeps me awake
great resonance here [which is so important in haiku] between graveyard shift and the taxi gears ... Good one!
Thank you so much. I never saw the resonance, but somewhere, it must have resonated, so it's there :-)
DeleteMost enjoyable. Thank you Raamesh--a good collection.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for enjoying it, Jo.
DeleteEnjoyed all three of your haiku, Raamesh. Thank you for sharing and continued blessings!
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Thank you so much, Maurice.
DeleteLove these, and sense humor in graveyard shift. Thank you for sharing. Cindy
Deletewell-written, Raamesh!
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