Why Ron Axelrod comes to mind 30 years later is puzzling. [Okay, yeah, it's 31 years later.] Perhaps it's the time of year: school is wrapping up, the weather is nice, high school seniors are about ready to wet themselves in anticipation of just being done. Thirty years from now, they might just realize that they weren't really finishing something. Their high school graduation wasn't the climax. The rest of their lives wasn't the denouement.
All this as introduction to a poem wholly unrelated. My apologies, merci beaucoup.
Lovingly nurtured
from seed to plant to table.
Composting out back.
Truly less a straight plot line and more a circular one. The gardens we've planted will feed not only us but the compost as well, which, in turn, will feed the gardens. And so on and so on. But were the meal the climax of our gardening attempts, surely the denouement would be the
[Another circular, boring post brought to you by the maker of circular, boring posts. Now, go read some real poets at One Single Impression.]
11 comments:
Love the haiku!
OSI: the air hisses and crackles
Awesome point made with the poetry, hon!
" Another circular, boring post " _
yes , it is a boring post_ but boring as in drilling - drilling deep into understanding .. many thanks ..
Definitely circular. Well said!
P.S. My memory is horrible. I do not remember a single teacher. They are all fuzzy memories in my mind. I hate that.
So beautiful. Thanks.
i like your musings on denouement. it's one of my favorite words. and i'm glad that you didn't have to look up its definition!
Hi Patois, school is about out isn't it?
Then we can forget such things as denouement and grades.
I do remember my introduction to the word, it was by my college freshman English teacher.
I like your haiku and I think I am glad I am on the meal end of this circular go-around.
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Several of my readers are English teachers, you all intimidate me just a little more than a little bit.
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what a lovely story!
after all the meals enjoyed, the best I can hope for is to become compost for the rest. what a wonderful metaphor!
Definitely a circular haiku there. Nicely done.
I love this. Circle of life brought to life.
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