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The Fisherman's Wife




                 I.
On the day you left,
seagulls screamed in loneliness
and winds howled your name.




                 II.

Light looks through windows
but finds instead sleeping cats
where your boots once lay.




                 III.

The room we slept in
creaks and murmers to itself
masking the silence.



                 IV.

By the glow of lamps,
fluttering moths watch the lane
for your silhouette.



                 V.

Once the sea's call fades,
perhaps you will return home
to lie by me again?
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A collection of five haikus. An exercise in understatement.

Photograph courtesy of :iconadamaland:

Dedicated to :iconadamaland: since he was the one who pushed me to write and also because I am long overdue in the poetry I owe him.

Also dedicated to love after passion.

Constructive comments on how to improve technique would be most appreciated.

Edit: I'm not too sure I'm happy with the first haiku anymore. Sounds a bit too harsh for my taste... and I'm not sure if I should swap III and IV or if the poems are too dragged out and weaken the power of the message. Again, constructive criticisms would be most appreciated.

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:iconadamaland:
ive already given you any constructive (or unconstructive) criticism so i assume i have rights to now fav it without explanation. :), and not just because its dedicated to me XD

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:iconjajano:
hahaha adam made you!^^awww junera sounds like an emo...*goNKKK* its good though..i like the light bit..wheeeeeeee

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:iconjunera:
Fair enough :)

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:iconjunera:
Hahaha I didn't mean to sound overly "emo"...

I'm glad you liked the light one. That was my favourite too :)

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:iconmnightarrow:
I would not suggest switching III and IV because the moths one being night fits more towards the end of the set. As far as the first one goes, I think its the strongest of the poems, and it going first is a very good way to start off. The reason I think it is the strongest is that its use of nature as a mirror or a comparison of something else is what haiku is supposed to be like. The only one I feel could be improved is the last haiku. It has less of the nature imagery than the others (so read a little off to me) and by its wording is a softer set of lines than the others, which I feel ends the poem weakly since the all the rest of the set are stronger in comparison. I'd almost say that since you have sight and sound placed in each other haiku, perhaps something with another sense, like the smell of salt in the air or feel of water rushing back and forth etc, to emphasis in that last haiku would be helpful.
Overall I really like these. The mix of nature and feelings are great and most certainly in the spirit of haiku. :D

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:iconjunera:
Wow thank you so much for your comments and the :+fav:! :hug: I'll definitely look into seeing if I can tweak the last haiku a bit to better suit the rest :)

I really loved your haiku [link] for it's great imagery and the way it got the message across. Sorry I didn't have time to comment at the time

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:iconmnightarrow:
hehe thanks. of course it doesn't have the nature content I would say is a good example of haiku, but yeah the form is easier for me to work in. :D

No worries, even though I critiqued that last one, really overall that series is awesome and evokes quite the feeling I think it is meant to.

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:iconaethiana:
I, too, am faving without explanation. Just letting you know aforehand~

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