knee deep in memory mountain scree
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Gregory Longenecker
Gregory is a widely published poet, recipient of a Touchstone Award, author of Somewhere Inside Yesterday (Red Moon Press) and Moderator of the Southern California Haiku Study Group. He and his wife live in Pasadena, California. View all posts by Gregory Longenecker
The juncture and memory with the scree is so nice.
(The juncture OF memory…)
The new word "scree" makes this poetic sentence. Nice end word selection.
Brilliant!!
Scree is a word for loose rocks on a mountain slope. Difficult to walk through since each step forward seems to take you two steps back.
Wonderful!
Mountain scree…normally shale, flat layers of compressed rock, difficult to walk upwards on as every step tends to slide one backwards. One step forward, two steps back. But here in this haiku, I take it that each step brings on a memory, a déjà vu experience, usually comforting.
If you are not careful, memories could be painful. Enjoyed your poem!