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Pondering Glastonbury

by Mickey 

Posted: 03 September 2017
Word Count: 42
Summary: Haikus seem to be popular for Jennifer's music challenge, so here is my attempt (should they be centred?)
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The Question (double tetractys)
 
Why would anyone want to camp in filth
listening to
amplified
rain-soaked
raw
Rock
music
festivals
in the thick mud
of rural Somerset in summertime?
 
The Answer (haiku)
 
Glastonbury mud’s
made bearable only by
music, sex and drugs






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joanie at 09:33 on 03 September 2017  Report this post
Wow, Mike!  That is just brilliant.  As for your question on whether to centre it, I think the first one would look great centred.  I like the content too; good idea!  I've often asked the first question myself!

Great stuff. ..............  and fantastic form!

Joanie
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Thomas Norman at 09:38 on 03 September 2017  Report this post
Spot on Mike, I wouldn't be seen dead there. My last outdoor concert was The Stones in the Park.
Haiku need not be centred, It's almost impossible on this site anyway, it's way out of date!

Thomas
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V`yonne at 11:18 on 03 September 2017  Report this post
Now you could go a different way and do this HAIBUN style by making the first a paragraph of prose (suggested end)

music in the thick mud of rural Somersetime.

and then the haiku.

(suggested beginning) Glastonbury mud

Haibun is a perfect question answer form.
 
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joanie at 11:44 on 03 September 2017  Report this post
Yes, I agree with Oonah.  I love Haibun.  Joan
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V`yonne at 13:59 on 03 September 2017  Report this post
and it's always interesting to try a different form (or several) for any given poem.
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tusker at 17:28 on 03 September 2017  Report this post
You've created a muddy, noisy  scene in The Question which I enjoyed.

The Answer made me chuckle.

Jennifer   
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