“A tiny miracle as boy trapped for 3 days in Haiti is reunited with mother” (Paul Smith)
January 30th, 2010
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………………..pulled from the rubble ………………..a tiny face ………………..moves the world..
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Headlines:
“A tiny miracle as boy trapped for 3 days in Haiti is reunited with mother” (Times Online)
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Poem by Paul Smith (see poet biographies). Read more Paul Smith on Haiku News. Our deepest sympathy goes out to those surviving in Haiti.
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January 30th, 2010 at 9:24 am
I like the idea of this haiku. Quite touching, matching the “tiny face” against “the world.”
Because haiku seem to do best in “place” rather than in “time” (as it is here, pulled from the rubble), another way to look at this might be:
a tiny face
in the rubble
moves the world
Paul, this is a good “haiku idea”.
Jim
January 30th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Thanks Jim. I like your take on the poem, it works well. I feel haiku is the right form to capture such a huge happening, drawing us in as it does so.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:38 am
You render a concept (the one you articulate in your response to James Tipton’s comment) in clear visual terms. This is rather more directly reflective than most successful haiku, but it works in its own terms. “You had to be there,” we often hear, but sometimes there is everywhere.
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
Everywhere indeed! Thanks for the comment Bill.