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I really like the symbolism being used here. An almost romantic tragedy is occurring here. A tragedy that is trapped inside a never ending cycle of life. That compares very well to true tragedy doesn't it? Sometimes we escape heartbreak, only to run into another, and then another, so on and so forth. We tend to make despair from something as beautiful as love, just as nature makes ash from something as beautiful as a rose. The imagery here is very sweet and, as I said before, the symbolism re...

Truly beautiful. I love the conflict in words here. Sailboats that are like headstones; ships that are anchored but do drift. It symbolizes death so wonderfully. A headstone can be seen as a vessel to another world, can it not? Though a person is dead, do they not tend to come in and out of your life each day? In your memories a person can feel so alive one moment, and then be gone and dead again the next. 100 kudos to you. One of the most fetching Haikus I've ever read.

I really love the opening to this poem. The speaker says, "Now I know how you must feel," and then goes from there with question after question. I get the feeling that this is the speaker questioning himself or herself, especially in the line about the mirror. I envision the person speaking to them self through a mirror, just asking what it is that they want or what they are doing. That makes sense, because everyone tends to do that an awful lot. Overall I really like this poem. It expresses ...