I tell you this Kithouse, you send me to the dictionary, and when I land there, it's like traveling around the world while sitting in front of my computer ... now that to me, is refreshing. I love learning about new places and things, as it awakening my imagination.
I know less about the history of this reference than I suppose I should, so I must take the poem completely on it's own terms - and am intrigued by visual images I come up with, as well as the alliterative 'rhyme'
Kitehorse, I felt a sadness as I read your poem without knowing exactly why so I went to my Search...I saw the Mother Motherland statue and read of the horrible battle which took so many lives and was a turning point in WW11. Small on words but huge on lesson---I like your poem
Once again, another haiku that evokes strong emotion, image, and sound.
I am constantly amazed how you also are able to pull so much more from others works -- case in point, what a shock to the system to see your reference to Queen's lyrics to 39 on my time haiku. A lovely coincidental connection for me to savor.
A very clever, symbolically dramatic haiku! I loved its power so much that I read it over several times!
ReplyDeleteI hear the crack, feel the debis under my feet.
ReplyDeleteI fell the longing to be there in this piece.
ReplyDeleteI tell you this Kithouse, you send me to the dictionary, and when I land there, it's like traveling around the world while sitting in front of my computer ... now that to me, is refreshing. I love learning about new places and things, as it awakening my imagination.
ReplyDeleteI know less about the history of this reference than I suppose I should, so I must take the poem completely on it's own terms - and am intrigued by visual images I come up with, as well as the alliterative 'rhyme'
ReplyDeleteKitehorse,
ReplyDeleteI felt a sadness as I read your poem without knowing exactly why so I went to my Search...I saw the Mother Motherland statue and read of the horrible battle which took so many lives and was a turning point in WW11.
Small on words but huge on lesson---I like your poem
..on whose side is time_the difference between victory and defeat..many thanks..
ReplyDeleteIn or out of context, this haiku lends a vision, another vision, and a wide band of melancholy.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, another haiku that evokes strong emotion, image, and sound.
ReplyDeleteI am constantly amazed how you also are able to pull so much more from others works -- case in point, what a shock to the system to see your reference to Queen's lyrics to 39 on my time haiku. A lovely coincidental connection for me to savor.
Wonderful haiku! The images made me sad with a undertone of hope, if only.
ReplyDeleteif only you had time, you would linger or fix history?
ReplyDeletea beautiful 'ku.. we never realize how much we love home until it is lost...
ReplyDeleteHmm..considered to be the bloodiest battle in human history..and for the short ammount of time too. Very good but sobering.
ReplyDeletesad, but well-done haiku
ReplyDeletegood personification, too
It's a place I long to visit someday..I hope sooner than later!
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