tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post2810073940434225429..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Mass Grave Haiku by Djurdja Vukelić-Rožić Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-82471697503445569512013-01-13T15:03:16.624-05:002013-01-13T15:03:16.624-05:00The shift, thematic and perspectival, at the end o...The shift, thematic and perspectival, at the end of the poem and the gap between the lines stir the reader's emotions and reflection.<br /><br />Djurdja's thought-provoking haiku shows us that haiku are not merely about "flowers and birds", and it reminds me of Dionne Brand's remark on writing poetry:<br /><br />Poetry is here, just here. Something wrestling with how we live, something dangerous, something honest.<br /><br />-- On Poetry, the last essay in "Bread Out of Stone."Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com