Thursday, May 21, 2015

Carpe Diem Haiku - Grubby hands

motherless child -
smudges from his grubby hands
on her white skirt

Linked to Carpe Diem  

13 comments:

  1. Goodness Bjorn, there is a slightly humourous way to see that, though it does assume fathers cannot do the job well, or a hard-hitting way to look at it....

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  2. I can see her, high and mighty with disdain on her face! Excellent take!

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  3. Those grubby boys do it every time.

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  4. A tragedy beautifully worded!

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  5. This is so evocative and profound. Brilliant use of imagery!

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  6. Visual and "real". Thanks.

    Greetings from London.

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  7. Nicely written Björn ... a nice little scene .... great in it's simpleness

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  8. So either the mother is not emotionally present, or she has just died. Or she is present but refuses to be a real mother, caring more about appearances and cleanliness. I like the death version best, but the haiku is great no matter how I read it.

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