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2 May 2012

On The Road




echoes on the road
subtle rustles in the air
ghosts linger in trees

ghosts linger in trees
standing silent sentinel
listen on the wind

listen on the wind
etched in nature's memory
echoes on the road

photo and text © by Karen

witten for
The Wednesday Challenge @ imaginary garden with real toads
prompt - on the road

Sharing with -
Haiku My Heart @ recuerda mi corazon
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32 comments:

  1. This is beautiful ~ gentle, soft, wise.

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  2. I love the way you looped the lines here - gives the sense that every journey is in some way the same as the one that came before.
    That's a beautiful picture too!

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  3. That's a novel way to close the loop!

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  4. I really like this:

    "subtle rustles in the air
    ghosts linger in trees"

    rosemarymint.wordpress.com

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  5. Love both your image and words..."subtle rustles in the air" love that line!

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  6. Oh, this is lovely. I forget what this form is called. The repetition is just beautiful here. Well done.

    de jackson
    whimsygizmo.wordpress.com

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  7. It is so gentle, subtle, and like a whisper... beautiful

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  8. A beautiful circular poem. I can hear silence here.

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  9. "echoes on the road..."

    beautiful work, perfect pic, memorable feelings *S*

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  10. Thanks for stopping in everyone!

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  11. the looping stanzas have the feel of bird flight.
    and the structure of a circular poem with a linear object like a road is striking.

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  12. A beautiful poem about the circuitous paths we take in life....I love the way the lines repeat and loop.......

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  13. You've done this wonderfully. The paths are connected indeed.
    K

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  14. Oh, the echoing repetition is perfect! Love the form, Karen, and beautiful photo!!

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  15. This does echo, the way you wrote it. We have many battlegrounds in the south, and I imagine echoes everywhere...

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  16. I love this photo and your haiku.

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  17. I'm going to be on the road today, and I will be listening for echoes that might, just might, give me some sense of direction...

    Raven Has One Wish

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  18. your haiku is reminiscent of a "round" in singing. so fitting as you take us full circle in the company of
    mystery, the life and stories of all ancient forests.

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  19. You weave a beautiful story, walking along this trail.

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  20. echoes on the road ~ lovely haiku ~ metaphor of life ~ thanks, namaste, ^_^

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  21. I like how you made the haiku come full circle!

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  22. This makes me feel like I am there walking down the path listening to the trees!

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  23. the tales they tell.. the things they know..

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  24. Whoa! I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED your spiral haikus...very beautiful and thought provoking! Makes me want to try your pattern sometime!

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  25. Beautiful. Whisperings of the past coming full circle.

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  26. Wow, such a wonderful haiku-cascade!

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  27. Love the form in this one, it flows wonderfully. Great road pic, ahh Trout Lake!

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  28. This poetry makes me very silent... wauw..Speechless. Thank you.

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