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April 9, 2006

NaPoWriMo ~ Day 8

hay(na)ku

drowsing on the
surface skipping
like

a
stone sleep
so shallow so

thin you can
see through
it

through
the transparent
minnows the narrow

fish the transient
ripples on
this

shining
skin of
memory & dream

NaPoWriMo

2 responses to “NaPoWriMo ~ Day 8”

endment

April 10, 2006 at 7:02 am

You have caught me with your words – I can feel water splashing and hear it the sound of the water being cut…

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Cathy

April 10, 2006 at 6:35 pm

You did an excellent job with the hay(na)ku. Great poem too.

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It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

NaPoWriMo ~ Day 8

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