Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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[I used my sumie Sunday 46 image, which was painted on water colour paper using black and grey tones, for today's haiga image i dropped a filter on the image using PicsArt]

syllables counted
a butterfly flits daintily
into a haiku
© gillena cox 2019



blog hopping today with

Poets United
Midweek Motif ~ not-so-old-fashioned “Hobbies”

NOTE
While haiku poems are as old as the proverbial hills and the writing of it so too. i chose to respond to this prompt in a paradoxical mood for writing haiku is one of my hobbies however this artform is very new to me and is not the old fashioned hobbies i practised as a child or young adult.

REVISIT
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35 comments:

Lori said...

I think it takes me longer to count syllables than it does the flit of a butterflies wings!

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Well done, Gillena. I especially love the butterfly flitting into the haiku.

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Lori

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Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Sherry

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Magaly Guerrero said...

Wings fly into words, and... haiku! What a fun image.

tonispencer said...

What a wonderful image!

rallentanda said...

It does indeed. Lovely drawing as well.

Old Egg said...

Butterflies are welcome everywhere even in a haiku!

Linda said...

Great colors!

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Magaly

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Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Toni

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Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Rall

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Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Robin

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Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Linda

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Kim M. Russell said...

I enjoyed the flit of your butterfly haiku,. Gillena. Counting syllables keeps us young and on our toes.

Sumana Roy said...

What a cute haiku / haiga!

Jae Rose said...

I love that butterfly

Thotpurge said...

That's lovely!

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

It's an art to make things fit just right into a haiku.

Gillena Cox said...

😊happy you dropped by Kim

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Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation Sumana

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Gillena Cox said...

Thabks for dropping by Jae

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Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped by Rajani

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Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation Maggie

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Linda Lee Lyberg said...

So lovely!

Sanaa Rizvi said...

Now that's gorgeous!!💖💖💖

Adelaide said...

butterfly wing beats
too many
for a haiku

Adelaide

EricaSta said...

Fantastic, Gillena... I love your Haiku, it's wonderful 😘

Susan said...

Such a delicate perfection.

Gillena Cox said...

Ah nice Adelaide

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Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping by Erica

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Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Susan

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purplepeninportland.com said...

This is a lovely haiku and drawing.

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Sara

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