haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

Haiku is to poetry as espresso is to coffee.

Monday, December 05, 2005

spinning drier

her turtle-neck embraces

my t-shirt

T.A.T. said...: another nice one!; 2:08 PM
bigshoulders said...: i love how the everyday chores / events take on new meaning with the power of seventeen syllables.

another gem, bill.
b.s.; 8:48 PM
Bill said...: Thanks tat and bigshoulders. I often read and write haiku (or senryu, which is technically what this one is) when doing laundry, a chore I took over when I retired from fulltime teaching a few years ago. Now I'm completely retired, which inspired a tanka I'm about to post.; 5:32 AM
floots said...: loved this image - and its echoes; 10:35 AM
Bill said...: Thanks floots. This is the direct result of writing haiku/senryu in the laundry room.; 7:07 PM
floots said...: takes more than soap powder to deter-a-gent (sorry) :); 9:07 PM
Bill said...: Thanks, Marco. Glad it worked for you.; 1:15 PM