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shiariryu asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 1 decade ago

Transience - interpretations?

This was literally written in under a minute in a fit of irritation over an assignment in my creative writing class. It was a bloody stupid assignment. *grumbles* No it is not a haiku, nor meant to be.

The white jasmine

blossoms falling in an eternal storm

The scent

whispers in the wind

lingers

then fades.

Update:

Thank you Amy. :D the assignment was that we had to write a poem in a similar style to one of 5 poems presented to us in class. I am *terrible* at copying style, and so attempted the "red wheelbarrow" poem which I don't see as a particular impressive poem. It honestly sounds more like a simple sentence. I'm terrible at interpreting too.

Anyways, my instructor called it a haiku, and I failed the assignment. But considering this same "creative writing" instructor told those of us who were genre-fiction writers that he was unable to properly grade our largest assignment because he didn't. know. how. to. grade. genre.... I wasn't too upset.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    The "bloody stupid assignment" must have somehow inspired your muse because this is really quite lovely.To me it speaks of the fact that eternity is made up of single moments, moments that "linger, then fade", that nothing is permanent. I would go on to say that to me it implies that one must live in the moment, enjoy the fragrances (nuances) of life because they are all too fleeting. Thank you.

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