Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Quiet view of beauty at Dromana beach, Mornington Peninsula
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Haiku Heights #7 ~ Beauty
Today's prompt is suggested by Ms.Meduri of The Land of Dreams.
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One Single Impression #132 ~ Choices
Today's prompt is suggested by Joseph of Naming Constellations
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Carry on Tuesday #69 ~ This week our prompt is the first words of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn first published in 1884:
You don’t know about me.....
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The beauty of space
Open skies and open seas
A small boat waiting
You are so grounded
But you don't know about me
I'm just adornment
You are successful
But you don't know about me
I'm just your trinket
Routine or new worlds
The wonder of space to dream
Tomorrows' choices
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Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter.
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key.
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I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)
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- A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
- Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
- Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
- Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
- The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
- Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
- Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman
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19 comments:
Sometimes I almost think I could write a haiku! But yours are so beautiful and expressive -- I think I'll just read them instead!
Beautiful words.
I like the repetition.
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the repetition works very well through out the haiku, Gemma :) all four are well crafted..! :) my Haiku not yet up.. will be ready soon..! :D
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stunning beautiful Haikus..
skillfully done!
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Liked them all Gemma:)
Very well done Gemma
I love the simple boat on the beach. I could sit there for hours looking at that scene. Thanks for sharing!
So, so beautiful lines Gemma...so much a treat for haikus this time!
LOved it!
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LOvely photo too Gemma! :)
"Routine or new worlds
The wonder of space to dream
Tomorrows' choices"
lovely ending~
and a serene photo.
I love these haiku, the way they stand alone and yet link together. The form such a sense of longing and sadness and hope...absolutely lovely.
Wonderful talent shines here!
Each haiku stands on it's own but woven together tells a larger story. I love the layers this style creates. Beautifully crafted, Gemma
The first one reminded me that I had planned to slip out at dawn and write in the kayak while the sun rose. Regretting the choice that kept me home. Maybe tomorrow.
The photo, the layered haiku, the story within them, and the promise unfolding at the end, all make for excellence and eloquence.
Elizabeth
Well written ...brilliantly done!!
So often we fail to see the possibilities. I would love to climb into that boat.
Nice combination.
I like how you've used the prompt in this poem; and the photo is lovely.
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