tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post6647060339167060633..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Srebrenica Fields Haiku by Damir JanjalijaChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-72997458805246517772015-01-06T14:50:54.392-05:002015-01-06T14:50:54.392-05:00This haiku with poignantly sharp contrasts speaks ...This haiku with poignantly sharp contrasts speaks volumes to readers and for Srebrenica victims.<br /><br />It is a sociopolitically conscious example of "Haiku Not Just the Art of 'Singing about Flowers and Birds'" -- with a few words and concrete imagery, it can successfully break the political taboo and expose the national shame<br /><br />It reminds me of the following comment by Salman Rushdie:<br /><br />One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions.<br /><br />Note: For more info., see "To the Lighthouse: Haiku Is Not Just the Art of 'Singing about Flowers an Birds,''" http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2013/03/to-lighthouse-haiku-is-not-just-art-of.htmlChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com