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    Two Haikus

    In December Scenes
    Unmolested snow glows pure
    But night comes so soon

    Oh the splendid grass
    The only thing between me
    and all of my dreams

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    Bump a WolfLarsen thread on every forum and then go in for a bit of haiku action? Nice.








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    The second one is solid, nice and simple and haiku. But the first one just does not jar with me - particuarly the word "unmolested" it just feels wrong, like an orphaned word.

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    I really like them both.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alexander III View Post
    The second one is solid, nice and simple and haiku. But the first one just does not jar with me - particuarly the word "unmolested" it just feels wrong, like an orphaned word.
    Untouched or unfettered or pristine (though a bit cliche) would be better for how the haiku sounds, but the poem is meant to feel wrong because it is about the downfall of innocence.

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    The lucid simplicity of both haikus is admirable.
    I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~ William Blake

    Captivity is consciousness,
    So's liberty. ~ Emily Dickinson

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bewlay Brother View Post
    Untouched or unfettered or pristine (though a bit cliche) would be better for how the haiku sounds, but the poem is meant to feel wrong because it is about the downfall of innocence.
    No I think you misinterpreted me, I like the first one, but the second one I think just doesnt work, as a poem. It may be about the downfall of innocence, which is a great theme, but just because the concept is good dosnt mean the execution is. As a concept it is solid, as a peom it is bad- it just doesnt work.

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    I find the second very beautiful! best to you, bar

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