tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post9008462677441638656..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Old Tune Haiku by Lesley Anne SwansonChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-41131501108118689192016-03-28T08:10:04.496-04:002016-03-28T08:10:04.496-04:00This haiku is rich with association and revelation...This haiku is rich with association and revelation. What music can do for us and what the heart of poetry can do for us stimulate complex emotions and we literally become undone in the process. The sound of a significant song or the recitation of a remarkable poem can unbind us, release us then set us free from long suppressed emotions. The image of the knots in a shoelace coming loose is a wonderful image. <br /><br />-- excerpted from the judge's comment, which can be accessed at http://www.modernhaiku.org/spiesscontest/spiessawards2015.html<br /><br />"The image of the knots in a shoelace coming loose is a wonderful image."<br /><br />On the second reading, this image adds symbolic significance to the poem.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com