tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post3756580477400630437..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Birding Haiku by Julie WartherChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-66753442303074628892015-07-18T20:06:24.067-04:002015-07-18T20:06:24.067-04:00L1 establishes the theme of the poem while Ls 2&am...L1 establishes the theme of the poem while Ls 2&3 work effectively on at least two levels, literal and metaphoric.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-8642259703749064582015-07-18T20:03:57.214-04:002015-07-18T20:03:57.214-04:00Below are excerpted from the judges' comments:...Below are excerpted from the judges' comments:<br /><br />... We may find amusement in our passion for activities such as birding that take us so far from our regular paths that we have to find a new way home....<br /><br />-- Michael Dylan Welch<br /><br />... The fifth poem is more personal to me. As a birder, I’ve experienced the way one gets wrapped up in looking for birds. A little bird disappears into the forest, and you follow by sight or by sound, keen to discover what it is. By the time you turn back, you might be a little misplaced. The thrill of birding, of discovery, is juxtaposed with the different route one must take back to familiar territory. But much like an unfamiliar bird, the unfamiliar path can be a delight unto itself, and this haiku leaves room for both interpretations...<br /><br />-- Tanya McDonaldChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com