abandoned house
in the window
a doll without eyes
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Rob Dingman
Rob Dingman is 62 years old; married (40 years) with two adult children and one grandchild. He served in the U.S. Air Force and the Army National Guard. He spent five years as a police officer and nine years as a N.Y.S. Correction Officer and is presently retired. In addition to reading and writing haiku he enjoys flower gardening and hiking. Rob has been writing haiku casually for nearly twenty years and seriously for the last three years. He is the author of one book: Tom: Conversations With a Modern Day Sage. View all posts by Rob Dingman
Nice image
A gothic image that's effectively appropriate to the day before Hallowe'en.
Bill Kenney
As doll-maker your haiku especially touched me. It was so easy to picture and my emotions were easily awakened. Thanks for sharing this.
o/ Jane
Really like this one!
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cornstalks
the haunted house
a tinder box
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Quite haunting and lonely…beautifully penned.
I'm touched by the juxtaposition of 'window'' and 'eyes'. The house and the doll are similarly desolate. What a strong image!
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abandoned house
in the window
a doll without eyes
—ROB DINGMAN
Great haiku and I like the choice of the order of the last two lines!
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I've only written two doll haiku myself:
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Forgotten rain
the wedding ring left
in a doll’s house
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK (Japan May 30, 2014)
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Old Curiosity Shop –
lacquered dolls
out in the mid-day sun
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Shamrock, Haiku Journal of the Irish Haiku Society (2007); Shamrock Haiku Journal: 2007 – 2011 by Ed. Anatoly Kudryavitsky (December 2011 ISBN-10: 1470938308 ISBN-13: 978-1470938307
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Compelling, stark image, evokes the sense of abandonment beautifully. In response, a little hope …
abandoned doll
the scavenging child's
eyes light up
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