tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post3862681924527642232..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Charred Tyres Haiku by Radhey Shiam Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-17272450412118075692015-03-13T08:45:47.210-04:002015-03-13T08:45:47.210-04:00Combined with the visually and emotionally effecti...Combined with the visually and emotionally effective jux. of two images, "winter dawn" and "charred tyres," Radhey's use of the zoom-in technique opens up an interpretative space that allows the reader to enter the poem and ask why these "charred tryes" are on the road. <br /><br />A well-crafted "middle-of-the-story" haiku noir.<br /><br />Note: A haiku noir is a narrative haiku, i.e. a cinematically dark flash non/fiction in verse. For more info. about this subgenre of haiku and examples, see "To the Lighthouse: Haiku Noir," http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2014/07/to-lighthouse-haiku-noir.htmlChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com