Sleep

Love the title. the language was wonderful. i love how you compared sleep to the ending of a play here. well done haiku. it flow well the pace was good flowed smoothly in thought from beginning to end. the logic flow beautifully in my mind. great haiku. Respectfully Yours, Barbara

Short, sweet, descriptive and well done. All Plays end zzzzz I like it. Respectfully, Rett: "Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.." (Sitting Bull)

tween curtains and plays. As to Eyelashes get heavy, an alternate line might read Eyelashes grow heavy, or even, to get perhaps too literary/artsy/cerebral for comfort, Eyelashes wax heavy. And last, though not least, I almost always prefer brevity, which of course the Japanese style you've chosen so well embraces. Thanx, Chuck

For some reason I don't think I ever commented on this little beauty. The various possible meanings of the word 'plays' are very effective here. May you write many fine poems in 2009. Happy New Year. Robert.

I love doing haikus myself, so I could not help noticing that your syllable count in l.3 was off. I´d suggest: "all plays are ending" to meet the required five. Apart from that, it´s a great write, ID

"All plays end" beautifully descriptive you have captured the essence of sleep in very few words very nicely done Chrys

the most poignant haiku I shall ever read. You really crunched all the bliss, the humility, and the grandeur of sleep, whether death or nightly, into this brilliant little bit. Mark W. "An insult is just someone who hates you making a noise to indicate their hatred, a barking dog. Criticism is someone trying to help you, by telling you something about yourself that you were a little too comfortable not knowing. " ~ David Wong

beautiful a visual masterpece!i love this form of poetry