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By Fledermaus
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17 August 2007 |
First haiku attempt. If your hotel is around the corner of O'Connell's
street and you need to buy stamps for postcards, where to go else?
Dublin GPO
I came over to buy stamps
And see bullet holes |
Written by Truce (29 comments posted) 17th August 2007 | You seem to have managed to fit in so much to think about within three lines. I can't really comment on it's effectiveness as a haiku as i don't have a clue but i like this. Everyday life as affected by conflict etc....
Good, quick but thought provoking
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Written by Josie (2825 comments posted) 18th August 2007 | Your haiku certainly has all the right attributes:
5 syllables, 7 syllables and 5 syllables. You definitely have used form, content and language in a meaningful way and you have painted a good mental image in the mind of the reader. Well done Fledermaus. I am very impressed. Did you really see bullet holes? Sad! |
Written by Fledermaus (3448 comments posted) 19th August 2007 | Thanks Truce and Josie
The irony is I didn't actually see them, for I didn't know where to look, but appearantly they are up in the pillars.
Dublin GPO was the headquarters of the Easter Rising... |
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