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Undress the Poem

Undress the poem Rhythm and rhyme fall away Beauty at my feet

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Date: 2/20/2017 11:49:00 AM

A beautiful seven :) I am seduced!

John Herlihy
Date: 2/20/2017 11:51:00 AM

Ha, Ha, amusing comment. Thanks, Maureen. John

Date: 2/20/2017 6:02:00 AM

Hah! That's beautiful wordplay! Question here: is rhyme and rhythm the beauty, or the stripped poem.....?

Darren White
Date: 2/20/2017 10:15:00 AM

Ambiguity, ambiguity.... sigh Darren :)

Darren White
Date: 2/20/2017 8:26:00 AM

It was a rhetorical question John :) I love the ambiguousness of that last line.

John Herlihy
Date: 2/20/2017 8:22:00 AM

you'll have to figure that one out for yourself. With haikus, there's limited room to explanation. Volumes lies in what is left unsaid. John