all-night diner ?
scrying my future
in a coffee cup
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Mark E. Brager
Mark E. Brager lives with his wife and son in Columbia, MD, just outside of Washington, DC, where he works as a public affairs executive. His poems have appeared in haijinx, Prune Juice, Haiku Pix Review, The Heron's Nest, Notes from the Gean, and DailyHaiku.
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I like your senryu thought here, Mark.
__Warm night search; seeing tomorrow's hours; an owl speaks. _m
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all-night diner –
scrying my future
in a coffee cup
—MARK E. BRAGER
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What a wonderful haiku. It's also like an opening line to a great crime noir novel.
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I really admire the use of the verb 'scrying' which makes the haiku even stronger, and a good use of a gerund with no ambiguous aftertaste.
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I just have to say I love it!
kindest regards,
Alan
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Thank you Alan and Magyar!
How wonderful! Made me think of Hopper's Nighthawks.
marion
thank you Marion
Reminds me of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks
has to be some coffee