Sunday, October 23, 2011

Haiku Monday: Ghost

Apologies to those of you without a hankering for haiku, but this week's judge, Aunty, has mandated that visuals will apply in a tiebreaker situation, so I'm kinda duty-bound to post a visual and the accompanying entry. If you're so inclined to throw in a haiku this week, please do visit this neighborhood at porkrind central.





Beckon, brick spirits! 
Perfect spacetimes well from walls;  
Spectral signs remind.


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7 comments:

  1. FleurdeleoOctober 23, 2011 at 8:33 PM

    Excellent and atmospheric!

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  2. darkfoamOctober 23, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    very nice haiku! i love these old faded adds painted on the sides of building

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  3. Aunty BelleOctober 24, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    Brick spirits--very fine wif' this image. Days of yore. Lots of alliteration: beckon bricks, well/ walls...nicely done.

    Jes' wonderin', though, on one of theme brick spirits, is "owl" one or two syllables? Ha! Couldn't resist.

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  4. moiOctober 24, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    Ghost ads! There are people who are very passionate about preserving them—or at least photographing them for posterity. Very nicely done haiku-al homage.

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  5. czarOctober 24, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    @Fleur: Well, thank you.

    @Foam: Me, too, In special cases you can get them representing a few generations of ads with funny juxtapositions.

    @Aunty Belle: Them's known as ghost signs. "Owl," pronounced "Al" with a nice open "A" takes just one syllable. I was trying to explain to Fleur in a side note that around here, "wire" is pronounced just on the other side of "waahhr" but well short of "wore." It's a vowel that I don't think exists in other parts of the country. Probably some old Scots-Irish thing.

    @Moi: Thank you. Yes, there's a whole culture around them. We have quite a few in the small downtown here. Pfizer's Dry Goods comes to mind.

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  6. chickoryOctober 24, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    way off the reservation! I wouldve never thought of it and the piano sign is indeed ghostly. SOmebody call the Warner location scout. Happy Haiku Monday!

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  7. DeepBlueOctober 24, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    Thanks for visual. When I read it at Aunty's, I admit I couldn't guess anything at all.

    Happy Haiku Monday
    Hugs
    Jon

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