tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post8210121411859494738..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Train Tunnel Haiku by Beverley GeorgeChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-55776825272846943942013-01-25T17:09:52.862-05:002013-01-25T17:09:52.862-05:00Backstory from Beverley:
"I still remember m...Backstory from Beverley:<br /><br />"I still remember my own haiku when i go into a very long tunnel near our home and immediately the faces of strangers I have hardly noticed, loom large,reflected in the window glass. I often see small children, surprised by this too!"Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-28163546268041873852013-01-25T16:05:07.880-05:002013-01-25T16:05:07.880-05:00Read in the context of train travel, the main caus...Read in the context of train travel, the main cause of "the sudden intimacy/ of mirrored faces" could be a jolt of the train. <br /><br />Beverley's masterful choice of "tunnel" (that could imply the connotations of "tunnel vision"), "intimacy," and "mirrored faces" (not physical bodies) challenges the reader to re-envision a new possibility of human encounters/interactions in urban life.<br /><br />Her haiku jolts the memories of my train trips (pun intended) <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com