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Decorations haiku
Posted: 29 November 2005
Word Count: 11
Summary: My excuse for not 'decorating' this year - (and having to take them all down again) - I'll look out of the window instead!
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baubles dazzle eyes
more used to burnished sunsets
over polished seas
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 The Walrus at 18:56 on 29 November 2005
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This intrigued me Joanie - are you suggesting the artificiality of Christmas decorations. Apologies, if I've missed the point.
Christina
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Shika at 19:30 on 29 November 2005
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Good excuse but it also sums up the season very well, I think. S
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 joanie at 19:31 on 29 November 2005
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Yes! I think so - how can you compare them with a beautiful sunset, that sort of thing, I suppose!
Thanks for reading.
joanie
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Sorry, Shika - that reply was to Christina! I didn't see yours there. Actually, I quite like Christmas decorations at the right time; no doubt I shall have a tree!
Thanks!
joanie
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roovacrag at 20:21 on 29 November 2005
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Joan.. burnished sunsets can be seen in baubles, like a fire that burns till the light goes out.
You used the words well here. As an artist I knew what you was looking at.
Well done,so few words,so much meaning.
xxxxxAlice
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joanie at 20:27 on 29 November 2005
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Thanks Alice! Good to see you from time to time! Hope you're well!
Joan x
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Barlow at 08:25 on 30 November 2005
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Joanie,
This is beautiful, communicating so much meaning in so few words.
I can see a bauble with the sunset reflected in it - I envy you having a sea view!
Keep these gems coming.
Barlow
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Account Closed at 08:05 on 02 December 2005
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Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes!! This is me!! I love it and I entirely agree. I particularly love the way you move us ever so subtly from domestic trivia to the wild beauties of nature. Keats would have approved for sure, and Byron would have smiled.
Fantastic - it's still giving me a shiver of happiness!!
:))
A
xxx
PS I never decorate ...!
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Barlow at 12:40 on 02 December 2005
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Hi Joanie,
Yes, yes, yes,yes ditto!
I totally agree with what HollyB says above.
Personally I can't remember reading any other haiku on this site which I have returned to so many times. I have now learnt it off by heart but still every time I read it on the site I find some other layer or aspect of it.
I don't know why it draws me back again and again, but somehow you are conveying such important concepts and each of your 11 words is absolutely perfect for the purpose.
Beautiful!!
Keep these wonderful verses coming.
Best wishes,
Barlow
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joanie at 17:44 on 02 December 2005
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HollyB and Barlow (for the second time!) - thank you! Really glad you enjoyed it.
joanie
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