Window Pain - Haiku

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Not sure if this is a true Haiku. I have read so many conflicting interpretations as of late that I may give up trying to understand the Haiku and just write them. Who knows....even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.

Window Pain/Haiku dreams gaze outward through opaque memory old windows lie 6/24/2017 submitted to Premiere haiku contest II: Anything Goes

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Daniel Turner

Date: 6/25/2017 8:14:00 AM

Nice one, John. Haikus mostly confuse me anyway, John.

Jan Allison

Date: 6/24/2017 5:50:00 PM

Fabulous play on words in the title John we can't escape from the past but hopefully in time the memories will fade:-) hugs Jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart

Date: 6/24/2017 5:38:00 PM

This is a blue-collar poem. We may always wish that we had made different decisions in the past, but we did our best at the time. Maybe it's time to let ourselves off the hook; forgive ourselves for not having been perfect even if we had the best of intentions.

Lin Lane

Date: 6/24/2017 1:14:00 PM

Great play on the title word, John. Painful memories my dull and become opaque, but they never disappear.

Craig Cornish

Date: 6/24/2017 12:15:00 PM

Lovin this one John--leaves one with many thoughts

John Lawless
Date: 6/26/2017 6:02:00 AM

Yeah, Craig, Haiku is sorta like planting a bag of unlabeled seeds and then waiting....and waiting....