3 Comments.
Mark:
Great topic!
Here's 3 easy - Haiku? poems to memorize:
Freud was a fraud
-by Freed
A little snow may come & go.
-by Pierre Trudeau
Bob Dylie sings....almost!
(With apologies to Mad magazine)
But seriously, folks, great poetry and prose are beautiful things!
The soul of wit is brevity.
Pete Darmody
aka Elitegazelle
– petedarmody 2009-04-13 15:49 UTC
tnx Pete!
A haiku by Christina Caravoulias and me, upon approaching the Severn River Bridge during the final miles of the Annapolis 10 Miler (cf. BabyGetsNewShoes):
| The bridge arches high, Welcoming our weary feet With wide open arms |
and another one I wrote during a late-December run through Rock Creek Park (cf. Winter Wardrobe):
| Sunbeams clothe bare limbs In gossamer gowns bejeweled With diamond dewdrops |
– zz 2009-04-13 23:25 UTC
Your (& Chris's) poetry is beautiful in its simplicity, Mark!
I remember my 11th Grade English teacher explaining Haiku with this example:
"A wheelbarrow full of rain glistening in the sun": we got the point after some chuckles.
My job entails reducing complex systems into brief, understandable components: the Critical Path Schedule: I love reducing the complex to the simple: as Tears for Fears said: "You've got to break it down again!"
Cheers
– petedarmody 2009-04-14 13:06 UTC</div>