[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
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
31 July 2016
31 July 2015
31 July 2013
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I think it takes me longer to count syllables than it does the flit of a butterflies wings!
ReplyDeleteWell done, Gillena. I especially love the butterfly flitting into the haiku.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Lori
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Thank you for your appreciation Sherry
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Wings fly into words, and... haiku! What a fun image.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Magaly
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What a wonderful image!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Toni
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It does indeed. Lovely drawing as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Rall
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Butterflies are welcome everywhere even in a haiku!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Robin
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Great colors!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Linda
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I enjoyed the flit of your butterfly haiku,. Gillena. Counting syllables keeps us young and on our toes.
ReplyDelete😊happy you dropped by Kim
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What a cute haiku / haiga!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Sumana
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I love that butterfly
ReplyDeleteThabks for dropping by Jae
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That's lovely!
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It's an art to make things fit just right into a haiku.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Maggie
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So lovely!
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for a haiku
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Ah nice Adelaide
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Fantastic, Gillena... I love your Haiku, it's wonderful 😘
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Such a delicate perfection.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Susan
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This is a lovely haiku and drawing.
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