Yes, that is correct. You can perhaps just barely see the strand underneath one of the cables. The Cowboy and his son put up all of this fencing for their cattle - it is actually quite a sturdy and attractive set up.
And you are correct about the writing - it is in the form of a haiku (5, 7, 5 syllables). I write "form" as I am a poor practitioner of the actual practice, which is to use the limited structure to contrast two elements, either of nature or human existence. If you can find poems of the Japanese poet Basho (His collected works in "On Love and Barley" published by Penguin), he demonstrates the true art of the form.
Comments are welcome (and necessary, for good conversation). If you could take the time to be kind and not practice profanity, it would be appreciated. Thanks for posting!
Electric fence, correct ?
ReplyDeleteThe passage written reminds me of a haiku. Not that I'm an expert - far more the opposite.
Yes, that is correct. You can perhaps just barely see the strand underneath one of the cables. The Cowboy and his son put up all of this fencing for their cattle - it is actually quite a sturdy and attractive set up.
DeleteAnd you are correct about the writing - it is in the form of a haiku (5, 7, 5 syllables). I write "form" as I am a poor practitioner of the actual practice, which is to use the limited structure to contrast two elements, either of nature or human existence. If you can find poems of the Japanese poet Basho (His collected works in "On Love and Barley" published by Penguin), he demonstrates the true art of the form.
that's why you couldn't see the hoarfrost caused by fogged up glasses.
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Hobo, it is absolutely true on the coldest of days. Immediate fog. Sigh. A sign of growing old.
DeleteCows attack the grass
ReplyDeleteTearing apart the silence
Heads never look up
More appropriate for summer, which is when I originally wrote it. I love the sound of a grazing cow.
Heads never look up:
DeleteDoes the grass frost of silver
reflect my coming?
(Nice haiku!)
Rime ice on fir needles
ReplyDeletemelts under morning sun's gaze
dripping down my neck.
Dripping down my neck,
ReplyDeletethe sweat mingles with my breath
as I slog uphill.
Haha. I can't do that, but you all did good. :)
ReplyDeleteYou all be safe and God bless.
Thanks Linda! I have admit that responding to a haiku with a haiku is a good mental exercise for me.
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