Gardener
morning and noon change into green evening I water my bed
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 20 February 1663/64.
Dave Bonta
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morning and noon change into green evening I water my bed
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 20 February 1663/64.
In just three short lines, a gardener's whole day slips by. Morning and noon turn into "green evening," as if the hours themselves have been absorbed into the plants. The speaker doesn't tell us about the passing time directly.
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