this slum with a moon in every puddle
(originally published in Presence, issue 43, January 2011)
Published by
martin gottlieb cohen
Martin Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor. View all posts by martin gottlieb cohen
REALLY enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing…
Thanks Andrea, but I am still reeling from…
in one breath the whole autumn
—Valeria Simonova-Cecon
tinywords | Issue 09.1 | 7 December 2009
The slum is always more attractive at night!
Thanks harrisfr! (…especially when the sky clears with a full moon)
Strong haiku, and it's surprising how some slums, especially in Africa, are better run and fairer to people, than our big often anonymous cities.
Alan
Thanks Alan!
Absolutely exquisite; wish I'd written this.
Thanks Salt and Light, good luck next time…
So visual! Beautiful.
I appreciate your comment, Madhu.
Well done. Love this.
I’m glad you liked it.
The moon can be enjoyed from anywhere…lovely. :)
Thanks seaviewwarrenpoint!
Ah, very nice! Which I do not mean as 'faint praise'. Just that even superlatives would scarcely do justice to this piece. I think it's as close to perfect as any poem can get.
Thanks snakypoet! See you at Friday Haiku:
http://fridayhaiku.livejournal.com/
Thank you, Martin, for this reverently mysterious image. I feel a mood in it, akin to Frost’s image, “The woods are lovely, dark and deep”.
Frances
Thank you, moonlace, for your comment…
For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.
This holds a world-weary tone, all the promises the world makes–a moon in every puddle–surrounded by the truth of the slums. But the optimist is also at work here–for noticing so many.
Thanks Peter!
Thank you very much for your kindness and efforts to helping us in many ways. More powers to you.
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good luck next time…
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