Saturday 31 January 2009

slowly building it up

melted snow-
footsteps
on concrete path

Inspired by tikkis.

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footprints on snow
aliens
from outerspace?

Inspired by John McDonald

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mysteriously
misty snow
enters into my pores

Inspired by Snow floats by Ken Wagner

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fog rolling in
dracula's daughter
lives in sin!

Inspired by midnight fog by J. Andrew Lockhart

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knives of icicles
cannot prick into
my sandcastle dreams

Inspired by Sandcastle dreams by Janice Thompson

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slipped yet again
into that precipice-
saved by a log

Inspired by Rain Melts by Ken Wagner

26 comments:

  1. nice collection. I'm honored that I was connected. :)

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  2. Strong immagery.
    Excellent poetry.

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  3. Nicely down, Guatami. I did follow your inspiration!

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  4. Much inspiration is seen here.

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  5. Well aren't you fabulous! Look at that, they're delicious...good girl ;)

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  6. I enjoyed this progression of imagse and was glad we were saved by a log in the end. Snow has a way of insisting on itself; thank goodness for the chance objects that keep us from falling into it!

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  7. These are delightful to read ... building the images slowly --- glad the log stopped your fall ...

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  8. still having fun, eh? :)

    nicely done!

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  9. I really enjoyed the first haiku-- very meditative. Some of the others show great humor. Nice progression.

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  10. Enjoyed all these little "slow" moments

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  11. I love the progression. Nicely done!

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  12. 'that' precipice...got me to thinking.


    Thanks for the progression of precipices, or is that precipii?

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  13. That first one is a seamless, complete image in itself. I really enjoyed all of these small breaths inward...

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  14. it's nice to see you get inspired by others. and these short responses appear to even have a common theme :)

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  15. What a fun progression and collection of haiku!

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  16. i like your interpretation of the prompt! my favorite is:
    knives of icicles
    cannot prick into
    my sandcastle dreams

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  17. Such mystery, I like! Reminds me of the Perils of Pauline.

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  18. ..(i had to warn my inspiration not to pour itself out here)..many thanks for sharing these..

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  19. Clever, I like the way you used others' inspiration to write a series that so aptly describes a journey!

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  20. Wow this is neat Guatami. Like how you created this delightful winter journey. I'm honored to be on your list. Thank you.

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  21. I like all of these, many intriguing images. Perhaps my favorite is the one that least fits the overall arc -- "dracula's daughter" such a fun nonsequitur.

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  22. All are lovely word pictures, My favourite was the second one...I think many aliens have inhabited us in the winter :)

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  23. Hi Tami,
    I enjoyed your haiku collection.

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