footprints in the woods
getting fewer and fewer
as species vanish
~~~
footprints on my mind
some I keep some I wipe off
memory spring clean
~~~
footprints on the grass
flowers smiling up at me
even after death
Today
4 years ago
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Footprint - haiku
footprints in the woods
getting fewer and fewer
as species vanish
~~~
footprints on my mind
some I keep some I wipe off
memory spring clean
~~~
footprints on the grass
flowers smiling up at me
even after death
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Wow the last one is simply haunting. The first is powerful as well. Nice set!
ReplyDeleteThese are good. The first is a sad but true commentary. And the second is my favorite. Spring cleaning is good. Some memories belong in the trash bin.
ReplyDeleteAll three are beautiful, yet the tragedy of the first is very powerful.
ReplyDeleteEach of the three are powerful, with strong messages !!!
ReplyDeleteI do like the last one - not sure why as it's quite sad really!
ReplyDeleteI like the piece about footprints on the mind. I find that if I don't keep at some of those stubborn footprints, they end up taking over!
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You spoke for me about footprints on the mind. 'Spring clean' I love that. And Patti is right - some memories are best kept in the trash bin.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting "record." I see what you mean about "thinking alike"
ReplyDeleteI see a match here between fewer and fewer in the woods and fewer in the mind. It implies that the woods/nature is spring cleaning too! I know you are satirizing that thought here. And I love the double-take on "even after death"--dead flowers, dead people.animals marked with cut flowers? Do you know Longfellow's "Tide Rises, Tide Falls"? He takes the romantic view that the erasure of footprints--the erasure of the ways human's mark up the earth--is good. In your poem it is not that simple! The progression from species vanishing, humans' choosing to forget, and flowers mourning is very powerful.