A-frame roof
peaks against the
sliding snow.
Ken Wagner on Haiku Habits
Roof Peaks | Snow haiku poem example | 120408
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A-frame roof
peaks against the
sliding snow.
Ken Wagner on Haiku Habits
Filed under Haiku Poems About Snow
I’m sure this is my lack of understanding English, plus my lack of understanding technical stuff, but I don’t see it. The snow slides because of the sloping roof, that I understand, but what does it mean that the roof peaks against it?
My image was of an A-frame roof pointed upward in protection, like hands in prayer. Something like -
A-frame roof
peaks in prayer against
sliding snow.
Do you think that is any better/clearer?
It doesn’t seem practical. The snow slides because of the slope of the roof, so why would we want a slope to prevent snow from sliding?
And then, we *want* the snow to slide, or the roof would collapse.
If the “prayer” would be for the snow not to pile up too high, or for the roof to hold, I would understand.
Or maybe I just don’t understand snow. Here we hardly ever get more than a few centimeters, and it hardly ever takes more than a week for it to melt.
No, you are right on to what I am trying to communicate – I want the snow to slide; the roof to protect. What about:
A-frame roof
peaks in prayer -
snow slides down.