day long drizzle —
in the mailbox
one windowed envelope
—Bouwe Brouwer
This resonates so strongly with me, from the simple set up line, that is both a natural history image, but contains layers of mood, to the sometimes dreaded 'window' envelope.
I have mixed feelings about inversions, but Bouwe Brouwer's order of lines in the phrasal part of the haiku are well-considered and judged.
An excellent use of a concrete nature image alongside an urban concrete image that has so much hidden depth because of the juxtaposion of those two images.
I like the sense of time in this haiku. The day long drizzle's effect is almost cinematic. I felt the suspense of the dreary day building to what is most likely (but not definitely – checks are sent in windowed envelopes) unwelcome news, its effect unsoftened by any other pieces of correspondence.
I’m going ot have to disagree, human cloning, like stem cell research, is a reality, but people are exaggerating the moral issues around it. It’s simply illegal in the U.S. There’s a difference.
Anybody else wonder if the King MOS numbers are lower than they should be because it is calculated with SFH numbers only, rather than including condos/multi-family dwellings which I assume are a much larger percentage of King county’s housing stock than the others? – Rate this comment: 0 0
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December 31st, 2013 at 7:50 am
day long drizzle —
in the mailbox
one windowed envelope
—Bouwe Brouwer
This resonates so strongly with me, from the simple set up line, that is both a natural history image, but contains layers of mood, to the sometimes dreaded 'window' envelope.
I have mixed feelings about inversions, but Bouwe Brouwer's order of lines in the phrasal part of the haiku are well-considered and judged.
An excellent use of a concrete nature image alongside an urban concrete image that has so much hidden depth because of the juxtaposion of those two images.
warm regards,
Alan, With Words
January 1st, 2014 at 10:45 am
Thanks Alan! But can you explain to me what you mean with inversions. I think i'm not familiar with that term, or maybe it's just a language barrier.
January 1st, 2014 at 11:23 am
Inversions just means inverting a logical order into another e.g.
one windowed envelope
in the mailbox
This suggests a logical order of words but sometimes in a poem we can alter the order.
e.g.
in the mailbox
one windowed envelope
January 1st, 2014 at 11:57 am
Ah, i see what you mean. Thanks.
December 31st, 2013 at 10:51 am
I like the sense of time in this haiku. The day long drizzle's effect is almost cinematic. I felt the suspense of the dreary day building to what is most likely (but not definitely – checks are sent in windowed envelopes) unwelcome news, its effect unsoftened by any other pieces of correspondence.
May 27th, 2016 at 3:23 am
Ya learn sohmteing new everyday. It’s true I guess!
June 4th, 2016 at 1:45 pm
I’m going ot have to disagree, human cloning, like stem cell research, is a reality, but people are exaggerating the moral issues around it. It’s simply illegal in the U.S. There’s a difference.
July 8th, 2016 at 6:53 am
Anybody else wonder if the King MOS numbers are lower than they should be because it is calculated with SFH numbers only, rather than including condos/multi-family dwellings which I assume are a much larger percentage of King county’s housing stock than the others? – Rate this comment: 0 0
October 22nd, 2016 at 8:05 pm
We absolutely love your blog and find the majority of your post’s to be precisely what I’m looking for. Would you offer guest writers to write content in your case? I wouldn’t mind writing a post or elaborating on a number of the subjects you write regarding here. Again, awesome website!