Comments | klwilliams: Hometown haiku

klwilliams

Hometown haiku

Mar 04, 2004 15:45

A few months ago, a bunch of people I know were writing hometown haiku, and this is the one I wrote. Feel free to contribute your own hometown haiku.

Idaho

Mountains, forests, snow--
admire the stunning vistas.
Ignore the people.

poetry

Comments 15

branna March 4 2004, 16:16:35 UTC

I like that one :)

lnhammer March 4 2004, 17:39:56 UTC

No, no one lives here,
just stays for four years then leaves
Washington, DC.

Assuming sarcastic 'ku are allowed.

---L.

klwilliams March 4 2004, 21:41:19 UTC

Sarcastic is always welcome. :-)

aastg March 4 2004, 18:54:33 UTC

El Cerrito

Little hill wrapped in fog
Rushing wind in the tall Eucs
A friend is laughing.

From the cool hilltop
All the world glitters below
Moonlight on the bay.

At the hill's elbow
Soft light glows from a window
Father is reading.

The wind does not sigh
Fog is not damp from weeping
The trees never mourn.

klwilliams March 4 2004, 21:42:03 UTC

How beautiful. Thanks for sharing that.

aastg March 4 2004, 22:21:44 UTC

Thank *you*! Your challenge of hometown haiku really pushed a button. By the way, I shared yours on Idaho with my sister, who lived there for a couple of years -- she totally agreed!

lnhammer March 5 2004, 07:30:52 UTC

Nice.

(Lived there for six month - that brings up good memories. As opposed to the bad memories of school.)

---L.

Mountain View madbaker March 5 2004, 06:16:15 UTC

Desires to be like
its neighbor, Palo Alto
who couldn't care less.

Re: Mountain View klwilliams March 5 2004, 09:44:21 UTC

That's a funny one. I didn't realize you were from Mountain View.

Re: Mountain View madbaker March 5 2004, 10:17:10 UTC

Moved there when I was five, lived there until just over a year ago - much longer than either of my parents. 8)

Mountain View has always had an inferiority complex re Palo Alto; the relationship is much like San Francisco and L.A. San Francisco tries so hard to prove itself superior, while L.A. goes "Huh?"

...which is also like the relationship between L.A. and New York City.

Re: Mountain View aastg March 5 2004, 18:10:34 UTC

HAHAHAHAHAHA Riot!!!!!!!!!

South Gate acanthusleaf March 5 2004, 08:57:37 UTC

A normal suburb
Aged into modern war zone
South-central LA

Re: South Gate klwilliams March 5 2004, 09:44:59 UTC

I guess you won't be going back for nostalgia trips.

Re: South Gate acanthusleaf March 5 2004, 10:06:58 UTC

No, any desire to see my old house evaporated when I heard that the new owners (back in 1976) had cut down the box elder tree in the back yard. The one whose trunk was so thick my father and his friend couldn't touch hands around it at chest height.

Re: South Gate aastg March 5 2004, 18:15:01 UTC

Boy, do I sympathize: the schmucks that bought my parent's house cut down the 75-foot Eucs in the front, took out all the hawthorne and pyracantha that hid it from the street, and painted it baby blue. They say you can't go home again, but they don't tell you why: because it's been ruined by jerks....