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.

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  1. 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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  3. 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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