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MissMarti
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Posts 87
USA

0 posted 2016-02-08 02:43 PM

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

1 posted 2016-02-09 06:09 AM

Nice photo and very interesting words.
Not sure I know where you're coming
from but I love things that are ambiguous anyway. Makes me think.
I enjoyed the visit.

true love never looks after it's own interests

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

2 posted 2016-02-09 07:04 AM

Here the captain sits,
When he is home, from his whaling voyage.
But pink skys give all fisherman warnings.

Will he return, or is he, in fact, the vase of dead roses..sunk to the bottom of the sea?

The widow watches through the frost stained windows..Searching for the white sails, in the pink distance.

This is what this picture, and words say to me.

Thank you for posting it.

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
Carl Sandburg

MissMarti
Member
Posts 87
USA

3 posted 2016-02-09 07:34 AM

Ethome, Thank you for your reply! I thought about explaining it to you but decided against it!! Sometimes ambiguity is good for the soul.
Again, appreciate you stopping by to read!

hugs, MissMarti

"Faith is taking the first step
Even when you don't see the whole staircase."
MLK

MissMarti
Member
Posts 87
USA

4 posted 2016-02-09 07:42 AM

Ice, you are indeed brilliant to figure out what I was writing about in this haiku! With the snow covered ground, the frosted windows and the pink of the sunrise shining through the frost it did indeed remind me of the ocean and waiting for the ship to return. Sadly, as evidenced by the roses, the ship was lost in the storm!

Hugs, MissMarti

"Faith is taking the first step
Even when you don't see the whole staircase."
MLK

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2016-02-10 09:46 AM

Dear Marti, you created an intriguing atmosphere here. Dawn may represent new hope and new beginnings, but here you choose to combine it with pain and loss. It's hauntingly sad.

It lingers. Brava!

Love,

Margherita

"Forget every touch or sound that did not teach you how to dance."
(Rumi)

MissMarti
Member
Posts 87
USA

6 posted 2016-02-10 05:15 PM

Margherita, I was not feeling well when I wrote this and in a lousy mood and it obviously came out in my Hiaku. The beautiful yellow roses that were given to me died after only 2 days! Plus I wanted to use the old saying:

"Red sky at night; sailor's delight
Red sky in the morning' sailor's take warning!"

In my mind they went together!!

"Faith is taking the first step
Even when you don't see the whole staircase."
MLK

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