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Nobody who is
always gloomy can stay sane.
Set your laughter free.
Allow happiness
to handspring into your grin –
spreading joy within.
Nobody who is
always happy can be sane.
Let your tears flow, too.
Allow the sadness
to somersault down your face.
Tumbling tears you’ll taste.
Staying on the beam
is a challenge, unless you’re
a world class gymnast.
Haiku poetry by Mellow Curmudgeon and Poet Rummager
Poet Rummager 
Perfect!
I love “Allow happiness
to handspring into your grin”–it makes me grin.
Perfect illustration, too!
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Thanks very much Merril! I look forward to your comments and insight — always 🙂
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Thank you, Rose. 🙂
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I love the last three lines. So true.
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Hello! Mel wrote the last 3 stanzas, which I also love. Thank you so much for your comments.
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I have a holiday tomorrow and I’m trying to relax but I’m regurgitating thoughts at the moment. I wish I could flow along the same wavelength as your poem. I’ll try to stay on the beam.
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Have a wonderful holiday, SB! Yes, it’s sometimes difficult to keep our balance in this world. Hopefully, you can clear your mind of any worries and relax during your time off. Believe me, there will be plenty of time to get back to worrying when your holiday is over.
I’m sending you my best thoughts and wishes for a peaceful vacation. xo
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Lovely! Well done!
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Many thanks, dear Kunal! It was fun working with Mellow.
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Good advice for anyone!
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Thanks Lady Sol!
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Allow the sadness
to somersault down your face.
Tumbling tears you’ll taste.
Beautiful words…..
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Pupazzovi! Aw, you always make me smile 🙂 Grazie!!
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I walk the line. 🙂
Lovely haiku of balance.
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Johnny Cash and I are happy to hear that you walk the line 😀 Thank you very much, Oggy! That was Mellow’s theme of balance that worked so well.
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Balance is the mantra of life. Otherwise, we can’t remain sane…true words, Rose, and profound as well…
Loved the play with words, “somersault down your face”, “Allow happiness
to handspring into your grin”… ❤ ❤
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Balance is a necessity, darling Mani, you are very wise! Thank you; I enjoyed writing those words. Mellow has a fantastic blog and writes haiku poems quite beautifully, too — just like you!!
Hmm, if you ever find extra time on your hands, we can do a series of haiku together — just let me know. I would enjoy that very much. ❤ 💓
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Wow! That sounds great…I think it would be convenient if we discuss through emails. Please send me a mail to maniparna5002@hotmail.com… 🙂
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In other words…let it all go!! from time to time. Bottling things up is no good. Great words.
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This was a fun haiku project with Mellow! I’m happy you enjoyed the poems. xo
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a wonderful
balance!
says a non
gymnast 🙂
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LOL! Drats — it would’ve been fun to see a lion in leotards!! Thank you so much 🙂
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Well done you two.
A great set of Haikus. 😃
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Thanks, Alan! Your words are always precious to me — even if I’m absent minded and forgetful sometimes. I hope you’ve forgiven me 😦
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You are forgiven dear Rose. 😀💖😀
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Yay! ❤
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A well balanced message with metaphor. Great post, Rose. — AJT
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Mellow thought of the theme and contributed such lovely words to this project. I’m very pleased you enjoyed the poems. AJT!
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Beautiful poem. Balance perfectly explained. Simply standing on the beam gets us nowhere 🙂 xx
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Aw, many, many thanks Inese! Yes, we do need to tumble and flow in this wonderful world of ours in order to find our balance. Well said, my lovely friend. 🙂 xo
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xx
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oohh balance… stay on the beam.. this is what i needed at the moment Rose..
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I hope you find your balance, sweet Mich!
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Balance beam walking can be incredibly difficult….speaking from experience. Wonderful pearls of wisdom…
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Yes, let’s tread lightly on the beam. Thank you, my friend.
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Impressive expression! The haiku seemed to naturally flow. You and Mellow Curmudgeon should write more.
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That’s a lovely compliment, and I would certainly love to work with Mel again. Now, if he’d work with me again is another matter altogether. 😊 I’m glad you liked the flow — the tumbling gymnast is world class, so she fortunately stayed on the beam. Whew!
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Staying on the beam takes talent!
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Thank you Penney! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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Thank you for writing a great blog and have a Happy Thanksgiving too.
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I gave up sanity a long time ago
I love this
And if you want to do a reblog
On my poem
Go right ahead
As always Sheldon
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Lol. Well, at least you wouldn’t need to worry about balancing on the beam since you’re off kilter. 😘 Yay! Yippee!! Yahoo!!! Thanks so much, Shel. I love the poem so! xo
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get bent you hammer
I not the nail you thought I was
I am the screw
The Sheldon Perspective
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Haha! Screw, who? You? 😈 I’ll run your poem by Fly, and then we’ll probably post it within two weeks. I’ll let you know. Thanks again!
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Beautiful PR! You and Mel are a great haiku team!
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Thank you! Mel is a true talent. If you find the time to “haiku with me,” do let me know 🙂
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It was fun to collaborate again, so many yrs after working with coauthors of STEM papers. I think U will enjoy it, if U can find time to haiku with PR.
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Lots of emotion here. I love it.
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Haiku with me whenever you get a chance. Thanks so much. 💖
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Aww omg too cute… i really loved it, it was written so nicely, i could completely picture it all. very nicely written, as always! 😊
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Many thanks Wajdi! Have a fantastic week and don’t forget to keep your balance. 🙂
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Nice one, Rose. You’re right, of course. We can’t always be happy or always be sad. We need balance, which is where being a gymnast comes in.
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Ah, thank you for your witty words, dear BunK! Time to tumble!!
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Words with two voices that sounds like one, interesting and different. Thank you, Rose. : )
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Thank you, my lovely Peruvian friend! Hugs and best wishes. Are you still working many hours? xo
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I am finishing my works, but yeah, still working a bit. How are you doing? :0
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I hope you find time to relax. Your posts are missed! I’m doing well and am excited about snow that’s supposed to fall next week. ❄️⛄️💋
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I would be as well, I love snow, although in Peru that time is in July. Thank you, Rose, wish you a happy season. ^-^
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Ah, that’s right, our seasons are opposite of each other. Season’s Greetings, my dear Francis! ❄️🌞
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Loved each of these…and all of these put together. You have conveyed a wonderful and cheerful message here Rose.
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Thanks dear Somali! I’m sorry for missing your kind comment. Peace and love.
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Hullo Rose, No worries I guess I too have been missing my blog 🙂
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Well, I hope you come back soon 🙂
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Wow! Thank you.
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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There’s a reason they call the mats beneath the beam a crash pad when a gymnast is learning her trade…and crashing happens even after the mats thin out! Speaking as one who in her own day wiped out many a time from that four inch piece of wood (yes, it was WOOD then!), what coaches said then is true today: you cannot find the point of balance until you overbalance enough times to feel that precious instance of weightlessness… Too bad it has to hurt to find it, but once you find it….ecstasy!
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Thanks KC! A crash pad, but of course. Lol. I enjoyed reading about your acrobatic experiences and learning about crash pads. 🙂
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all of the haiku work well but the fourth one is so evocative for me thanks to the sensory images of “sadness/ to somersault down your face./ Tumbling tears you’ll taste.”
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Thank you so much! Tumbling tears are tasty 🙂
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[…] Originally posted as Five Haiku Poems: Balance | Poet Rummager: […]
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Haikus seem so hard to write!
It’s easier for me to do rhyming poems with a bouncy tone than this. You are very good at this.
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Thank you so much! I’ll visit your bouncy poems soon 🙂
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love this! feels in every line. ugh!
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Thank you!
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hi, could you check out my blog and tell me what you think about it? thank you so much! 🙂
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Very well written
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I really enjoyed reading this, thanks for sharing. Experiencing all our emotions gives us true balance I think.
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Thank you very much for your wisdom!
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