Haiku.
A Strength in Knowing.
The facade of life
has infinite possibilities ~
open for inspection
Milli 2008.
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Second Haiku
Life’s summer facade
infinitely bright possibilities ~
Now! open for inspection
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The photo above was taken by me yesterday.
What surprises I found behind the facade.
Life truly is full of unlimited opportunities
Just open your own door to infinite possibilities.
This Challenge asks only that you Create A Written Post using your own words, pictures or videos. This week the phrase " a strength in" must be used in full somewhere in the post.
Have fun!!
Take the Tour Here.
I am having difficulties so I am leaving the tour link here for now. If you want a look at my photo in the bigger picture please just click on it.
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How cool! Wow...
ReplyDeleteand love your haiku and outlook
is that only a remain that is the door, inside out and outside in? great photograph, i think this u used for that toiletry verse/happening of ladies musings? if i remember right, the toilet at highway petrol bunk of aussie highways! regarding haiku, i have nothing to inspect, for,the inspector is always inspecting! i have inquisitiveness, besides i am ignorant of the rules of haiku, though i know it is an atom bomb with epicentre at a very high richter scale! thanks for ur visit to mine!
ReplyDeleteAll doors lead to places we have yet to see what's on the other side ... do we dare risk, or walk away? Do we let temptation push us, or hold back? Infinite possibilities lie in wait as we find we have the strength within us to surge forward, for we hold within us many doors leading to endless roads of possibilities.
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once snow-white
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solstice meditation
I think the talent in Haiku is to say a lot in few words and you have this perfectly.
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Great Haikus. Crisply written. Also the photograph is very nice. Thank you for sharing. My entry is at - http://jayaramanms.multiply.com/journal/item/204.
ReplyDeleteWow!!! your effort really paid off. Haiku are my favorite. The only problem I can't decide which I like better the Haiku(s) or the photo! Love that word facade...
ReplyDeleteExcellent job
I like everything on here, from the haikus to the photo! Great work!!!
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Hi Milli, thank you so much for stopping by my page. I love your haiku on strength... lovely message there. And the photo is fantastic... the possibilities of what lies beyond that door. Beautiful poems and photo!
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ReplyDeleteas sand seen through clear running water
words fall away (or are transluscent) reveal living moment
in west we use words to admire their sculptural form
in the east the zen monks devised haiku as a way of bottling satori
http://wetpages.googlepages.com/fish
PS
ReplyDeletemagically speaking they a temporal portal
Great picture Milli and not one but two Haiku's Great job.
ReplyDeleteI'm coming back to Multiply, yes, home away from home, Have to re-learn it all, but will leave this morsel for you
ReplyDeleteUniverse golden
A strength in the silken strands
Woven by friendship
:)
old pond
ReplyDeletefrog jumps in
sound of water
-basho
a haiku presents an experience rather than describing an experience - this is so hard for us westeners to grasp when approaching the haiku form.. in this timeless classic by the father of haiku we can participate in the vision and hear the water (and also speculate on many things)
info portal
Beautifully put..Facades do hide the unknown, it could be strength.
ReplyDeleteNot in blogging mode but here's a in the Now Haiku for you.
Breeze, "a strength in" gentleness
fast floating feather lands
Waiting for the thump.
(giggling)
Lovely sentiment and feeling in your poetry, my dear sweet student. The photo evokes the sense of a barrier breeched from the past to the present. There are several icons in the photo: the wall; the wheel; the window; the door; the stone path; and, the evergreen (to mention a few that instantly caught my muse's eye). I have a question about the doorknob placement on the door... seems odd, that!? As to the HAIKU, perhaps, you could "show" more than "tell" your feelings and emotions. There is so much in your two poems. HAIKU tends to pick a paticular focus... such as something in the moment that anchors a certain emotion or feeling. What in the moment gave to you the sense of the infinite? Of course, you do not have to explain, but, I am curious if you care to indulge me with an explanation.
ReplyDeletenever tried Haiku
ReplyDeletea door
before or after
the lifes experience
for gods saki its the chibster from yahoo 360º :))
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Yes, we have to open the door and explore life's endless possibilities. Facades are there to inhibit us from experiencing life to the fullest. We should find the strength to push open that door.
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start again...........
with haiku we learn the zen of an OPEN EMPTY HEART (like childhood - before the adult socialization process kicked in) we notice that this is a passive non-action (for a change)
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in a pond
my face
feed them fish