in the gondolas
tourists photograph tourists
photographing them
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Charles Trumbull
Charlie Trumbull's haiku and critical essays have appeared in publications in ten countries, have won several haiku contests, and have been frequently anthologized. He has held several posts with the Haiku Society of America, is the proprietor of Deep North Press, and from 2006 until 2013 he was the editor of Modern Haiku.
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Wonderful image Charles and 5/7/5 on top of it! Michael Lee Johnson, the Itasca, IL poet.
a poem for these ever-increasing self-referential times
which could very well be set in Las Vegas
with its mini replica city/casinoes
but anyone who's been to the real Venice also knows this scene
a poem that replicates not one but two words effectively
and so we are left to ask:
what is real?
are we all tourists?
p.s.
what an amazing city and literally a maze of a city
ah. . .Venezia, the Guggenheim, the boardwalks in flood times,
had Thanksgiving dinner there once in '86. Pizza, as I recall.
I hadn't noticed this was a 5-7-5 until I read the first comment. I love the repetition in sound and the image. The tourists have been captured both on camera and in the water … wonderful!
Wonderful image Charles and 5/7/5 on top of it! Michael Lee Johnson, the Itasca, IL poet.
a poem for these ever-increasing self-referential times
which could very well be set in Las Vegas
with its mini replica city/casinoes
but anyone who's been to the real Venice also knows this scene
a poem that replicates not one but two words effectively
and so we are left to ask:
what is real?
are we all tourists?
p.s.
what an amazing city and literally a maze of a city
ah. . .Venezia, the Guggenheim, the boardwalks in flood times,
had Thanksgiving dinner there once in '86. Pizza, as I recall.
Perfect. Love this. : )
Precisely! :)
And also this image beautifully echoes the reflections theme, which is so central for Venice.
Good one, Charles!
_kala
I hadn't noticed this was a 5-7-5 until I read the first comment. I love the repetition in sound and the image. The tourists have been captured both on camera and in the water … wonderful!
marion
Love the mix and repetition of sounds in this one. Well done! :)
Sweet!