Harbor
morning ships I take notice of my wife’s nose
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 6 December 1662.
Dave Bonta
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morning ships I take notice of my wife’s nose
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 6 December 1662.
Three short lines, and a surprising turn. The poem begins with a wide, quiet scene: ships at morning, the kind of view a harbor offers. Then the speaker's attention narrows sharply. Instead of the horizon or the water, he notices his wife's nose.
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