
Weeping are for panes.
They say windows of the soul
are like irises.
Look into my eyes.
Reflection of you mirrored
onto all I see.
The rain on windows
now dried as your sun shines warmth –
Love’s transparency.
These haiku stand on their own and work well together. They seem to get deeper every time I read them.
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Thanks Og! Deep is good. One haiku was written by Kelley. Did you want to guess which one?
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I agree Mr O’Mara. I’ve read them three times each. The third one is my favourite. Did you write that one Rose?
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I didly! Thanks Katherine🌹
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Is your last name really O’Mara?
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I’ve just assumed Og didn’t use a pseudonym in his latest instalment about his early years and schooldays.
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Inquiring minds want to know, Oggy!
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Yes!
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Could be. 🙂
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The first.
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Wow! Gold star, my Irish gem!!! 👏👏💖⭐️🌟
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Gosh! I really should read all the comments before I write one! 😺
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It’s okay! I get to talk with you twice. 😊
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sweetly
these words
seen refract
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I love your sweet poem! Write a haiku for me, David Lion?? 🦁 I’ll post it.
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smiling to your kindness, Ms. Poet.
me, poet, not so much.
but i did just have an omelet
which brought to mind a sort-of haiku:
chicks of diverse hues
taunting, pecking each other
yet, all of same hen 🙂
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Bravo!! There’s an invaluable lesson there, lovely lion. Thank you for a beautiful haiku. It’s amazing what an omelet can do for ones creativity. xo
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Now, this one I got (the first time around! :o))))
Beautiful as ever!
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Lol! I’m so glad. Thank you!! ❤
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Eyes can speak volumes, and I’ve found them to be more honest than lips. Lovely, Rose.
kat
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That’s is very true, Kat — although, lips and tongues can be a lot of fun 😉 Thank you! xo
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You’re most welcome. 😊
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So good, meaningful and elegant…as always..All three of them!
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Thanks for your kind words Paula! Kelley Rose is an amazing poet 😍
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Another fine set, Rose. My favorite was the last one.
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Thanks my darling anti-DT friend! Some windows are broken and should have been kept as far away from the White House. Oh, the panes that have already been creating havoc to our once great nation.
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Broken panes and much pain, too!
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I enjoyed these with my coffee this morning Rose. Lovely. Especially the first one I went back to read again
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Mmm. Coffee! Thanks so much. Yes, Kelley Rose wrote the first haiku — she’s fantastic.
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Ah, see I didn’t read that part, I just jumped into the haiku ^_^ Well I loved all of them.
I’ve had 2 experiences so far collaborating and I liked it more than I thought I would, esp with the right person
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Well, I’d love to work with you! I’ve always enjoyed your talent. If you ever find the time, send me 2 to 3 haiku poems with at least 2 of them having a similar theme to: yayrperez@yahoo.com. I’d love to collaborate with you! xo
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I’m going to take you up on that!
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love it Rose, love love love it! I knew you would do an exceptional job 🙂
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It was fun working with you, Kelley Rose! I look forward to posting your other two poems in another few weeks. Thanks again for Haiku-ing with me!! 🌹
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It’s interesting to see the haiku meld with each other. You and Kelley Rose should write together more often!
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Thanks Fly! Kelley Rose did submit two more Haiku poems, so we will be writing together again. I’d like to Haiku with you another time when you get the chance? 🦋
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I look forward to reading the poems.
Sure! Let me know if you to write about a specific topic.
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Yay!! It’s up to you what you’d like to write about. 😊
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Ha — are you sure about that? I’ll message you.
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Another beautiful collaboration! Are #2 and #3 your haiku? Love the image too, my talented friend xx
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Thank you, darling! Yes, #2 and #3 are mine. Kelley Rose’s lovely haiku, #1 was the catalyst. Thank you so much for the Twitter shout out, Inese! 💋 Do you like Twitter? Has it been successful for you? I’ll need to try it out, but I’m not into social media.
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Rose, I am on twitter, but only formally since all I do is retweet other blogs, and also my new posts are set up to retweet as I publish them. Once a month I go there and follow back people who I think is OK to follow back, and that is it. I don’t see how it helps me, really, but I opened twitter and pinterst in 2014 when I started blogging. Nothing happens there until you get your first thousand followers. Then Twitter takes you more seriously. I don’t care though. Most of followers are suspicious’web developers’, and other unwanted public. I only follow back wordpress folks, generally. I retweet the tweets I like, and block the ‘followers’ who compromise quality of my account. That’s the story. Waste of time if you ask me.
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Oh, thank you for all your input and feedback on Twitter, Inese! Knowing me, I’d say something about Donald Trump that I’ll regret, so perhaps I shouldn’t. I’m not as self-disciplined as you are. Thanks again for writing and taking the time — I appreciate and respect your opinion very much!
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❤️ 💛 💚 💙 💜
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I like them all, Rose, but I think the last one is my favorite one too. (This seems to be a common opinion on this thread.) The poem seemed optimistic to me, with the rain all gone and a renewed clarity brought back by the warmth of love. That’s what it made me think of anyway. 😀
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Your words make me swoon, BunK! Yes, you are a wordsmith and know just how to interpret my poem so eloquently. Thank you so much for visiting! 🌹xo
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You’re very welcome, Rose. 😀
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Hi! How are you? I follow your blog because it is very interesting and inspiring. I really love it. How’s your day going? I hope we could be friends. I can’t wait to read your upcoming blog post. Have a good day ahead!
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The three haiku poems nicely have combined to imply a meaning as a whole while each of them also stands on their own. Your excellent artwork has complemented the poem. I think the haiku would have been incomplete without that ‘eye’… ❤
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Thanks so much, Mani! It always makes me happy to see you visiting! Have you seen our collaboration?
https://poetrummager.com/2017/01/27/five-haiku-poems-a-raging-epiphany/
❤
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Oh..know..I missed it!! Thank you so much… ❤
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I don’t know why I am not receiving alerts to your new posts by email anymore. What technical clutch is going on? Is it WordPress or my computer? But I don’t know why it would be my computer.
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That happened to me a few times. For some reason, I’ve unfollowed a person without intending to do that. It’s a glitch, all right.
On a happier note, our collaboration will post this weekend! 😊
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Hoorah!
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Clutch = glitch
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Am I just dense? (Still trying to parse line 1 of #1 and to figure out why #1 reverses the old saw about eyes as windows to the soul.) Like the series and image anyway.
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It can be interpreted any way you’d like. I read it as weeping are for panes as rain on windows or tears if you hear panes as “pains.”
“Windows of the soul are like irises” again has a double meaning for me: irises control the amount of light and darkness that enters our eyes so how we view the world defines who we are — how much light or darkness do we feed our souls? Also, irises are flowers, and in Greek mythology, the goddess, Iris, created the flowers as links between heaven and earth.
Thanks so much for taking the time to pick apart the haiku. You know I love your thoughts.
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Still baffled. Maybe Kelley Rose would be kind enough to help me? Here is more detail on line 1 in #1.
I get that the idea in
Panes are for weeping.
is an apt metaphorical description of windblown rain on a window. I get the panes/pains pun. What I don’t get is how anybody with that idea in their head could put the wording of
Weeping are for panes.
on their page, either by accident or design.
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I enjoyed reading rhe haikus and would actually wanted to guess which one you wrote; but as i read through all the comments..behold!! Everyone’s guessing…lol..
I love the poems ans i enjoyed reading the comments as well..you have brilliant followers ..
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It’s a lot of fun! If you ever want to send me some haiku poems, let me know.
Yes, brilliant friends make WP a home away from home. ❤
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I deleted your comment with your gorgeous haiku, so we can keep them a surprise. I love them!! Thanks Mich. xo
It may be a few weeks before I can work with them as I have others, but please be assured that they will be posted.
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Thanks rose…thanks so much.
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The feel is Quite deep and Intense
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Yes, and quite transparent. Thanks for reading!!
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True, Pleasure is mine 🙂
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It’s really original how you make a cycle out of your haiku. A traditional form, where each poem should stand on its own. They do, but each one strengthens the next and the next one refers to the first. It’s an improvement, and done so well.
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Thank you very much! I have a series called “Haiku with Me” where I collaborate with writers. If you’re ever interested in collaborating, let me know!
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Thank you so much. That is a most kind invitation. I’ve not done it before, but am certainly willing to try! Hit me up on my email (first name dot last name at yahoo). Fair warning, I do work slow! Can’t rush art and all that.
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I am turtlely in the same slow boat as you are. 😊
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Ah, so you are a pun-dit. Brava!
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Super Duper
Awesome
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http://www.poeticsiba.wordpress.com
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I LOVE the picture!
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Thanks!
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Quiet deep and intense!!Loved it
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Beautiful choice of words. Love the first verse
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