Abed
in bed all morning the thin little ear of my wife
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 2 January 1662/63.
Dave Bonta
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in bed all morning the thin little ear of my wife
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 2 January 1662/63.
Three short lines, and almost nothing happens. Someone lies in bed all morning, and the speaker's attention narrows to a single detail: his wife's ear, thin and little. That choice is the heart of the poem.
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