a haiku a day keeps the blues away

Friday, January 18, 2013

Not Falling Into Causation, Not Ignoring Causation

In afternoon sun
a shadow crosses the room
my dead cat returns
Inspired by the theme at

3 comments:

  1. This is wonderful, the title is so perfect--not a frame and not an explanation, but just what a title can be, a kind of midrash on the poem.

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  2. Thank you both for your comments, I appreciate them. Re: the title. Yeah, it just seemed to fit. I'd been reading about that concept in Jack Kerouac's _Some of the Dharma_ around the time I wrote this haiku, and it seemed to fit. Although I wouldn't be able to rationally explain *how*. Which is what poetry is all about, I guess.

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