small town where I grew up a rusty penny on the tracks
—vincent tripi
Issue 16.1 | 7 April 2016
Wartime supply requirements apparently mandated the use of iron or steel for 'coppers.' Hence the rust, I guess.
I like the touch of wabi sabi in this one.
its name painted out the ghost town water tower
Excellent! Simple, and such a picture either way you imagine it. Well done, Vincent.
I like the simplicity of your haiku. Thank you.
. small town where I grew up a rusty penny on the tracks
—VINCENT TRIPI
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So many favourites including:
With me the same cloud out of the covered bridge
The Haiku Anthology ed. Cor van den Heuvel
A new one from the theme of a small town, and Vincent Tripi's book "small town" tribe press 2003
Wonderful!
Wow, what a vivid image combined with such a powerful metaphor. I agree with Garry – hometown poetry is such a source of wabi sabi – from the days of Basho. My own reflection:
homecoming my mother and this old house shrunken by the years
Strider
Beautiful. Both thought and the language it is dressed in.
His poem is double plus good!
river playground a tugboat echoes the night
Nostalgic. I like how you move from the townscape and zoom into the penny on the tracks.
marion
Such nostalgia. "a rusty penny on the tracks" brings back memories of the small town where the poet grew up.
wonderful poem
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April 7th, 2016 at 10:26 am
Wartime supply requirements apparently mandated the use of iron or steel for 'coppers.' Hence the rust, I guess.
I like the touch of wabi sabi in this one.
its name painted out
the ghost town
water tower
April 7th, 2016 at 10:28 am
Excellent! Simple, and such a picture either way you imagine it. Well done, Vincent.
April 7th, 2016 at 12:26 pm
I like the simplicity of your haiku. Thank you.
April 8th, 2016 at 3:36 am
.
small town where I grew up
a rusty penny on the tracks
—VINCENT TRIPI
.
So many favourites including:
With me the same cloud out of the covered bridge
The Haiku Anthology ed. Cor van den Heuvel
A new one from the theme of a small town, and Vincent Tripi's book "small town" tribe press 2003
Wonderful!
April 8th, 2016 at 5:47 pm
Wow, what a vivid image combined with such a powerful metaphor. I agree with Garry – hometown poetry is such a source of wabi sabi – from the days of Basho. My own reflection:
homecoming
my mother and this old house
shrunken by the years
Strider
May 28th, 2016 at 9:49 pm
Beautiful. Both thought and the language it is dressed in.
April 9th, 2016 at 1:38 pm
His poem is double plus good!
river playground
a tugboat echoes the night
April 13th, 2016 at 5:28 am
Nostalgic. I like how you move from the townscape and zoom into the penny on the tracks.
marion
May 28th, 2016 at 10:02 pm
Such nostalgia. "a rusty penny on the tracks" brings back memories of the small town where the poet grew up.
July 31st, 2016 at 9:58 am
wonderful poem