Welcome Jennifer at Carpe Diem. I love the way how you were inspired by the photo for this Carpe Diem Imagination and have shared a wonderfully composed haiku. Thank you and I hope to see you here again. By the way, I am your host on Carpe Diem
wow... it's amazing how in such few words you can stir such emotion! you are a regular ezra pound. seriously, stirring stuff! makes me want to go back in time and give my kid-self a hug! well done!
Oooooh! Very good!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! So glad you joined in :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant :-)
ReplyDeletelovely childhood
ReplyDeletein an empty swing...
very cool haiku...
nicely spun
my childhood might have ended up in the pond after flying off that swing...smiles.
Wow. That had me feeling all melancholy. Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteOh my... this is so melancholy. Nice to see you on Carpe Diem! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and melancholy at the same time. I imagine frogs on those lily pads :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome Jennifer at Carpe Diem. I love the way how you were inspired by the photo for this Carpe Diem Imagination and have shared a wonderfully composed haiku.
ReplyDeleteThank you and I hope to see you here again. By the way, I am your host on Carpe Diem
aloha Poet Laundry - that "empty swing" is a powerful image. i like that. aloha.
ReplyDeleteI sensed the melancholy in your words! beautiful haiku!
ReplyDeleteWow! So much said in this piece. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSo simple. So perfect.
ReplyDeleteI really like this.
ReplyDeletewow... it's amazing how in such few words you can stir such emotion! you are a regular ezra pound. seriously, stirring stuff! makes me want to go back in time and give my kid-self a hug! well done!
ReplyDeleteJennifer it is a beautifully sad piece
ReplyDeleteI so get it...then I get in and pump my legs til I can reach the stars....I am a forever kid :)
ReplyDeleteNice reflection of times gone by, Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteHank
Sadly beautiful!
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