Haiku: Static Electricity

Electricity,
the static build-up unseen
until it goes, “Pop!”


2 Responses to “Haiku: Static Electricity”

  1. 1 Robert Stone

    Ian,

    Part of my education was in physics and my logical thinking says that the second line should be:

    static — the build-up unseen

    Robert

  2. 2 Ian Clifton

    Hmm, it could be that way, but I feel like that breaks the line up a little more as far as how it flows. The way I wrote it, each line stands reasonably on its own, but they each flow at more-or-less the same rate. Your version works well alone but I’m not sure about within the poem. I don’t think I’ve slept enough lately to comprehend the subtleties at the moment.

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