Donald Harbour Poetry

“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.” ~ Dodinsky

Written in Japanese Haiku form.

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Satin sheets quiet
Thunder sleeps in the bed
Tonight waits the rain

christine on 18 August 2008 at 7:59 AM said:

Very nice. A quiet poem that promises to rumble later on.

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lirone on 18 August 2008 at 8:58 AM said:

A lovely feeling of expectancy here

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nathan1313 on 18 August 2008 at 10:01 AM said:

This is great. You capture the moment perfectly. I like the detail of satin sheets.

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gautami tripathy on 18 August 2008 at 11:18 AM said:

It creates images..of later on…

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plunging in the tunneled abyss

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Linda Jacobs on 18 August 2008 at 1:02 PM said:

I love the unusual juxtoposition of your words.

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Annamari on 18 August 2008 at 3:46 PM said:

I like ” satin sheets quiet” and the repetition of sounds “s” and “t” because it builds the sensation ot the tense moment before the storm…

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durable pigments on 18 August 2008 at 6:33 PM said:

This is really beautiful… the line “Thunder sleeps in the bed” will haunt me, I know. Mysterious, powerful stuff.

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throwshiswords on 18 August 2008 at 8:13 PM said:

wow. i mean wow. i like any poem with thunder, but … wow. three lines -> three amazing images.

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Crafty Green Poet on 19 August 2008 at 2:05 AM said:

very atmospheric, there are so many types of thunder it could be too…

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ravenswingpoetry on 24 August 2008 at 5:49 PM said:

Ooooooh…..nice. The thunderstorm in the distance….

-Nicole

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