Thursday, March 7, 2013

City Park



City Park, Carpe Diem






across the pond
your lonely childhood
in an empty swing


Copyright © 2013 Jennifer Wagner


18 comments:

PirateGunn said...

Oooooh! Very good!

Lolly said...

Wonderful! So glad you joined in :)

brudberg said...

Brilliant :-)

Brian Miller said...

lovely childhood
in an empty swing...

very cool haiku...
nicely spun

my childhood might have ended up in the pond after flying off that swing...smiles.

ND Mitchell said...

Wow. That had me feeling all melancholy. Fantastic.

Anonymous said...

Oh my... this is so melancholy. Nice to see you on Carpe Diem! Enjoy!

Optimistic Existentialist said...

Beautiful and melancholy at the same time. I imagine frogs on those lily pads :)

Chèvrefeuille said...

Welcome Jennifer at Carpe Diem. I love the way how you were inspired by the photo for this Carpe Diem Imagination and have shared a wonderfully composed haiku.
Thank you and I hope to see you here again. By the way, I am your host on Carpe Diem

Anonymous said...

aloha Poet Laundry - that "empty swing" is a powerful image. i like that. aloha.

Unknown said...

I sensed the melancholy in your words! beautiful haiku!

Lisa A. Williams said...

Wow! So much said in this piece. Wonderful!

Anonymous said...

So simple. So perfect.

Anonymous said...

I really like this.

Unknown said...

wow... it's amazing how in such few words you can stir such emotion! you are a regular ezra pound. seriously, stirring stuff! makes me want to go back in time and give my kid-self a hug! well done!

Unknown said...

Jennifer it is a beautifully sad piece

inkspiring19.com said...

I so get it...then I get in and pump my legs til I can reach the stars....I am a forever kid :)

kaykuala said...

Nice reflection of times gone by, Jennifer!

Hank

Anonymous said...

Sadly beautiful!