David Harris: Haiku of Lost Time

I.67

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:46:56 GMT

waiting to visit,
wrapped in strange poetic smells--
a wintry sun

I.66

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:46:27 GMT

at great aunt's house.
aunt confined by grief, illness,
obsession, piety

I.65

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:45:57 GMT

houses huddled by
the darkened church of Combray,
unreal in my mind

I.64

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:31:27 GMT

house, town, morning, night
flooded back by madeleine
from my cup of tea

I.63

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:31:00 GMT

and suddenly the
memory revealed itself--
Sundays at Combray

I.62

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:30:40 GMT

palpitating
in the depths of my being--
memory evades

I.61

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:30:18 GMT

called into being,
abyss of uncertainty,
mind overtaken

I.60

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:29:57 GMT

many years later
filled with a precious essence--
petites madeleines

I.59

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:29:28 GMT

worthwhile memories
are involuntary,
defeated by death

I.58

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:29:01 GMT

for long afterwards
old memories of Combray
clouded

I.57

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:28:08 GMT

aching heart soothed--
a rare and artificial
exception

I.56

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:27:48 GMT

daydreaming away
from the text, for pages--
Champi's mystery

I.55

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:27:12 GMT

in search of
time's impossible journeys
eager for George Sand

I.54

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:26:43 GMT

gifts of armchairs
collapse under newlyweds
but it's art

I.53

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:26:58 GMT

all life's things must have
intellectual profit--
grandmother's presents

I.52

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:26:33 GMT

premature gifts
of grandmother's quelled the tears--
four short, wide books

I.51

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:26:00 GMT

I could weep with her
but our relationship changed--
sorrow's puberty

First 50 Proustku

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:25:13 GMT

It's a beginning... the first 50 "Proustku" are posted on the Haiku of Lost Time blog.

I.50

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:24:05 GMT

unhappiness now
seen as involuntary--
my tears flow

I.49

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:23:33 GMT

Memories return,
an irretrievable time--
Mamma spent that night

I.48

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:23:00 GMT

father surprises,
devoid of principles--
Mamma in my room

I.47

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:22:34 GMT

Denied with silence,
scared by father's imminence--
father's candle

I.46

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:22:01 GMT

Coming upstairs,
I throw myself on her--
Mamma's candle

I.45

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:21:19 GMT

gossip of Swann's
age, wife, loves, and happiness--
a so-so ice

I.44

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:20:40 GMT

nervous impulses
bring on faults atop my list--
the visit ends