budding love (haiga)

Tournesol Photography, tanka 2014-11-062014-11-06 1 Minute

Fragile lily
feigns a budding love affair,
bleeds then..the moon
autumn wind robs all trace
love is but a dream.

Carpe Diem – A Dream within a Dream

Published by Tournesol

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Published 2014-11-062014-11-06

20 thoughts on “budding love (haiga)”

moondustwriter says:

2014-11-06 at 00:39

to be robbed of a memory of love would be a terrible thing.
Poignant

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1. Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:
  
  2014-11-06 at 01:30
  
  Absolutely…at least the memory can be nurtured.
  
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J says:

2014-11-06 at 01:24

Oh Tournesol — this is so tragic — and it has shades of Hiawatha too – http://www.hwlongfellow.org/poems_poem.php?pid=277

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1. Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:
  
  2014-11-06 at 01:37
  
  Gee thanks! I had not read that poem in ages!! thanks for sharing, Jen.
  
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  1. J says:
    
    2014-11-06 at 01:40
    
    I hadn’t read it for a long time either but I was researching trochaic meter (long story) and ran into it yesterday. Soooo…. it was fresh in mind. 🙂
    
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Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:

2014-11-06 at 01:43

It is often confused with the story of Hiawatha in Ontario; my tanka was not sad, just summer loves often end in autumn during the Blood Moon:)

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Bastet says:

2014-11-06 at 04:53

All too often fragile and ephemeral … sad tanka but very well written!

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1. Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:
  
  2014-11-06 at 05:47
  
  lost loves are always sad but memories are soothing.
  
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  1. Bastet says:
    
    2014-11-06 at 07:44
    
    True … very true.
    
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Mark M. Redfearn says:

2014-11-06 at 10:51

The feigning seems to be everywhere, doesn’t it? In love, out of love, in politics, out of politics. Why can’t we just be real?

From the Raven’s Beak

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1. Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:
  
  2014-11-06 at 17:40
  
  Fear, insecurities, lack of courage, take your pick
  
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martha0stout says:

2014-11-06 at 17:12

The picture with the words makes it do delicate.

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1. Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:
  
  2014-11-06 at 17:41
  
  Thanks, Martha, I’ve noticed lilies more this past summer…maybe because every city around me seemed to have in their landscape scheme:)
  
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  1. martha0stout says:
    
    2014-11-06 at 17:53
    
    I’ve noticed a lot of lilies around where I live as well, but that’s just because my dog loves them and so makes sure I’m aware of them being there.
    
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  2. Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:
    
    2014-11-06 at 20:18
    
    ya mean when your dog takes you for a walk…:D
    
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  3. martha0stout says:
    
    2014-11-06 at 20:44
    
    Yes, because half the time we walk, she is definitely the one taking me. (*grins*)
    
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  4. Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:
    
    2014-11-06 at 22:18
    
    I do remember walking my 2 dogs:)
    
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Paislee Blu says:

2014-11-07 at 03:36

WOW-beautiful.

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1. Cheryl-Lynn Roberts says:
  
  2014-11-07 at 05:14
  
  Thanks so much, I’m pleased you enjoyed this.
  
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  1. Paislee Blu says:
    
    2014-11-07 at 06:23
    
    Oh I did!
    
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