poemranker ::husk [hai-crete] by lmp

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Haiku № 152567

husk [hai-crete]

Member since 2005 · Posted 19 Jun 2007 · 11 comments

brittle empty skin easily crushed and bro ken f l i e s upon cold wind

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[7] Dovina 20-Jun-07/3:05 PM Reply
Broken could lose the space.
[n/a] lmp › Dovina 20-Jun-07/3:27 PM Reply

"bro ken" is broken.

hence [hai-crete] in the title.
[7] Dovina › lmp 21-Jun-07/3:04 PM Reply
By that standard, crushed should be crshd, crushing out some letters. And empty, well, should be a blank space. Anyway, it's a fun thing.
[n/a] lmp › Dovina 28-Jun-07/11:08 AM Reply
i could not find crshd in the dictionary. is it under "crashed", "crushed", or "cure-shod"? i could maybe use a different text or reduce the kerning to give the effect, but Notepad isn't so sophisticated. perhaps if it gets published (ha ha) the printing house can work on that.

and without the word "empty" the haiku police would be all over me for only having 3 syllables in the first line. "suuuuuure it is there", they would say as thay clapped me in irons.
[9] Ranger 21-Jun-07/5:15 AM Reply
Love the breaking of broken and the flying of the flies. And presumably you're aiming for the breakages, the incompleteness making something whole and concrete?
[n/a] lmp › Ranger 21-Jun-07/8:39 AM Reply
exactly. haiku in the concrete style.

and put that way, it reminds me of Tadao Ando, Kenzo Tange, Maki, Izozaki, and many other fascinating Japanese architects that love to use actual concrete to create their poetry, or as it has been said, "frozen music": architecture.

here's a nice Ando building in concrete:
http://www.andotadao.org/chlight6.htm
[n/a] lmp › Ranger 21-Jun-07/8:43 AM Reply
had a bit more trouble with "empty", so i left lots of empty space around it.
[10] Skamper 21-Jun-07/6:36 AM Reply
Love it
[n/a] lmp › Skamper 21-Jun-07/8:43 AM Reply
gald you do.
[9] drnick 21-Jun-07/1:54 PM Reply
I usually hate this type of poem, but you did an excellent job!
[n/a] lmp › drnick 21-Jun-07/3:12 PM Reply
thank you. i guess that means even more if the poem style generally irritates you.