Nov. 16 I am what is around me
The day dawns cold and windy and I am not yet ready to get out of bed.I leave my love inside and go out in the yardin my big quilted coat that has had all the buttons replaced more than once Also a...
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love that ending...just love it--and the big quilted coat. I's almost a haibun, y'know. Just a veering-away haiku and you're there.it's beyond cranial--indeed~!
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Much enjoyed. Especially the quilted coat with all its repairs and this line, which makes one stop, just stop and think about that: We are patch quilts of one another, he said.
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all i could think is "no wonder she loves him!" If there is a man alive that actually said "beyond cranial" and "we are patch quilts of one another" I would like to meet him! The last line is the best...
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yeah,you really should submit this one, Judy. Now, about this man.... you know, when I first read it, I was thinking haibun, if it had a haiku...
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Greta, I think he's gay.But you notice what he does to words? Instead of saying patchwork quilt, he'll say patch quilt, and instead of cerebral, cranial. This used to really bug me and made me almost...
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Too funny, Judy. I used to have a friend (we dated, but were mostly friends) who mispronounced things all the time. For instance, when he called and I wasn't home, he'd say, "Oh, so you were out...
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but then I decided to lighten up....jajajaja! Toni, sounds kinda like SmallBush
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On the endearing side for this guy is his great Midwest corn pone. As we are both Midwesterners, we like to drill That Dialect until we can't stop laughing and anyone around us has moved off to a safe...
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jajaja okay- well, that smiley is a bit manic. differnt. was supposed to be just a bit of laughter
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Hmmm... and I can see that smiley. But most of them are just blue boxes to me lately.
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"blue boxes" that's just too woo-woo, Toni. (winking smiley) 'tis true though, a lot of the boxes I get just have words in them. Who Knew there was a Pimp smiley? Is that the guy who smokes?
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Enjoyed this Judy - a cameo of domestic life and then you toss this into the mixAnother time he recommended saying the nembutsu. Just say it and you will no doubt be born in the Land of Bliss,It's...
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Judy I could get the poem better after reading the comments. I think your title is thought provoking---something that dawns after much meditation.
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Nice stuff. It is a domestic scene regardless that this man turns out to be a (probably gay) friend and not a husband. No one needs to know :-) I really liked this - imagery, tone but I was itchin' to...
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nice breaks. I really think this is one for a haibun.what will the haiku be? I'm itching to see
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