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Haiku/Senryu / May
The heating is off
And the cooler not yet on -
Strangely silent house.
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Rather interesting. Maybe add a comma at the end of the first line, makes reading easier. The last line provides a suitably-context-ed climax. It is a tight poem, good.
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Well, what can I say? Good job. You got the message across plainly and simply. I’m grateful for that last line, because it adds a little something else that’s not so plain and simple. I’m afraid if you hadn’t done that, the haiku would have been mundane and boring. ”Heater off, cooling not yet on, you’re stuck in between, yeah so what?” might be what I would have thought. But the last line, even though it stands separately and doesn’t really connect with the first two, has something independent and more interesting to offer.
This was my reaction to your work. Hope this review provided some insight. =)
Oh, and thanks for not giving us reviewers a thousand things to rank your work on…ugh.
Interesting picture of an in-between and confusing time.
MMM. That perfect moment when the weather is exactly comfortable. It really actually evokes a great deal of memories of in between seasons where the windows are open, a cool breeze blows, and everything is waiting for the next season to emerge.
This is really honest and evocative.
You need to focus on where you want this piece of poem to go. the first and 2nd line is great but the last one threw me off, kinda…
Well, for starters, you’ve got a good start with the title. “May” suggests the passage of time (assuming you’re referring to the month) and that’s a key element of haikus. However, overall, this is a very passive poem; haikus are all about the act of happening. For starters, maybe you could change the first line to something like “We turn off the heat” as that implies an action is being taken.
You did perfect on Haiku grammar, spelling, and capitalization, but I do not get what you are trying to say here. When you add Strangely silent house, it throws readers off from the house being very warm and the air conditioner not on yet. I would only change the last line to fit the rest of the Haiku, but you still did great on everything else.
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