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Gray-Green Lichen

flaking gray-green paint
lichen creeps across granite
I clamber the hills

3 replies

Liz Steinglass says:
October 8, 2011 at 1:40 am

Is there anything more challenging than writing a haiku? There’s so much more to it than the syllables.
loriann signori says:
October 19, 2011 at 10:39 am

I liked it as soon as I read it. What do you think is the most difficult part?
Liz Steinglass says:
October 19, 2011 at 3:31 pm

For me the most difficult part is getting in two images (traditionally, one related to the season) that resonate with one another.

Here’s an incredible example by William Carlos Williams:

So different, this man
And this woman:
A stream flowing
In a field.

Elizabeth Steinglass