dead birds at the base
of the lit skyscraper
autumn midnight

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George Swede

George Swede has published 32 collections of poetry, two of them in May 2010 by Inkling Press: Joy In Me Still (haiku) and White Thoughts. Blue Mind (tanka). To find out more about these new books, go to georgeswede.com. For more extensive information about this poet and his work, see his extensive web site or go to Wikipedia.

7 thoughts on “”

  1. I don't know why but it reminds me of my friend Yu Yan Chen when she witnessed 911 and lost a friend to that attack.

    Setting that aside, I really like the musicality of this haiku, and the fact it isn't a minimalist haiku or a format fragment and phrase/phrase and fragment haiku.

    Looking forward to seeing more of your work on tinywords! ;-)

    Alan, With Words

  2. I too like that it is not minimalist, and I like the image and the evocations of the image, but 'lit' bothers me. It seems to scan to abruptly, like a caesura. How about 'bright', which would in addition raise the anti in terms of irony.

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