Marietta McGregor’s commentary for Photo Four – window garden
window garden—
my first attempt
at reading SFAna Drobot
Romania
We get a good idea of how the poet views this tangled window from the juxtaposition used in Lines 2 and 3. How many lovers of science fiction remember their first foray into the field? For me, it was American writer Ray Bradbury who captivated me with his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, written in 1953. Good science fiction can transport the reader into other dimensions, igniting a lifelong passion. Conversely, the twists and turns into fantastic, futuristic and unknown territory far removed from reality can leave a reader cold and uninvolved. The overgrown vegetation and odd, not quite recognisable, shapes looming in the window have acted on the poet’s consciousness to evoke a memory of a first reading of an imaginative book. From the tone of the haiku, we don’t know if the reading was enjoyable or a turnoff, but as the reading was a ‛first attempt’ we can hope for the poet’s sake it was the start of an enjoyable continuing encounter with the SF genre.
below are the rest of the selections:
lockdown
the curtain from the attic
full of stars
Mirela Brăilean
Romania
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window garden—
the spring we lost
last year
Ana Drobot
Romania
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the scented shadows
of a jasmine bush
room with a view
Mona Iordan
Bucharest, Romania
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