Marjorie Buettner has been writing poetry all of her life. She concentrates on the haiku, tanka and haibun forms. Widely published, she has received many awards for her poetry and has taught at the Loft in Minneapolis. Marjorie lives with her family in Chisago City, Minnesota.
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What I liked about this poem when I first read it was its mystery and how it triggered my imagination. Gunshots in the city or in the country make you think — what's going on? is someone being robbed or killed? Is it deer season? Or is someone just celebrating with shots in the air? I like how this short poem by "opening the dark" closes the distance between each of us. Both man and beast. Good job.
Gives me the creeps… In a good way :-p
great and in one line too
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What I liked about this poem when I first read it was its mystery and how it triggered my imagination. Gunshots in the city or in the country make you think — what's going on? is someone being robbed or killed? Is it deer season? Or is someone just celebrating with shots in the air? I like how this short poem by "opening the dark" closes the distance between each of us. Both man and beast. Good job.
I think it's great. So nice to see that haiku is more than birds and roses.
I like the small extra space after "in the distance" and the clever phrasing of "gunshots opening the dark"
It reads like a noir film voice over opening, great! ;-)
Alan
The choice of "opening" as the action word does wonders to this little poem. Well done!