wallpaper stripping the years of her life
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Susan Constable
Susan Constable mainly writes haiku and tanka, receiving her inspiration from life on the west coast of Canada. Her work is widely published in both print and online journals, as well as in numerous anthologies. She has judged several contests as well as co-edited a couple of haiku and tanka anthologies She was the tanka editor for the online journal A Hundred Gourds from March 2012 to June 2016. View all posts by Susan Constable
Susan – have long appreciated your work . "Wedgwood" is a favorite as it brings fond memories of my own mother…
Lovely! And I return often to your World Haiku award "falling leaves/how will I know/my time has come.
Excellent poem.
Thank you so much for your kind comments. I really appreciate hearing from each of you. Delighted todiscover that you recall some other haiku of mine, as well. That's very rewarding. Susan
Beautiful poem, Susan. And beautifully executed.
I particularly like how the horizontal structure of this work matches the march of time. And how through your absence of punctuation you create a sense of deliberate ambiguity, to match the existential musings which I read as the heart of the poem.
Many thanks for sharing it with us.
Strider
I love the sound of this one, Susan. It feels 'determined', somehow. This might be someone making a new start after a relationship has ended.
marion
More thanks! Glad that 'wedgwood' works for you, T. Johnson.
I appreciate your comments, Strider. Ambiguous, yes, so glad you like it.
Thanks for sharing your interpretation, Marion! I'm happy this one is working for you.
Susan