the rooster struts
throws back its preening head and howls
led zep
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #650, First Rooster Crowing (hatsutori), another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, naturally, here’s “Rock’n’Roll” by Led Zeppelin –
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Thanks, Chèvrefeuille. Roosters are such characters that it made for a fun prompt 😉
OH YEAH! He’s *definitely* a rooster too, that’s for sure! Love it 🙂
Sure is! Alongside my haiku reading I’m into Hammer of the Gods at the moment, balancing the Zen with tales of rock and roll excess :O
And when I tried to picture the rooster it literally morphed into Robert Plant, so… 😀
And I went for Mick Jagger – so we were on the same wavelength 🙂
Will have to check out “Hammer of the Gods”. Part way through Slaughterhouse Five right now….
Well, when it comes to preposterous preening you really need look no further than these guys 🙂
Slaughterhouse 5 already? You read like a demon! I liked it a lot – thought it was a very intelligent, multi layered ‘anti-war’ book.
The Tralfamadorians are quite interesting (so far) — only 1/3 way through. Thought it was interesting that the movement of stars was like “luminescent spaghetti” with the way they see time as past-present-future all at once.
Also interesting that they see humans as millipedes with “baby legs on one end and elderly legs on the other end”.
And – yes – extremely anti-war – but so subtle in method.
His use of “so it goes” is incredibly effective too.
“So it goes” became one of those 60s counter-culture sayings, I seem to remember.
Yes, the millipedes were a very striking image. And the barber sharp quartet..
Exactly – very subtle and oblique almost, and it was that which gave it its power, I thought. As though the subject couldn’t quite be met face-to-face.