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Midnitesun

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0 posted 2003-05-11 08:03 PM

contemplating truth

insatiable yen for Zen

a moment revealed

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (05-11-2003 10:08 PM).]

QjQ
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1 posted 2003-05-11 10:12 PM

interesting thought!!

It matters not how you answer, It matters only that i hear you.

Midnitesun

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2 posted 2003-05-11 10:18 PM

thanks for the reply Q
LOL, my editing line is almost longer than the poem

ThisDiamond
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3 posted 2003-05-11 11:06 PM

This stood up to be counted!
Clever little write. TD

passing shadows
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4 posted 2003-05-12 04:08 AM

neat

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5 posted 2003-05-12 03:49 PM

It sounds quite nice....
Enjoyed!!!!
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Earth Angel
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6 posted 2003-05-12 04:56 PM

Go with the flow and just be...

garysgirl

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7 posted 2003-05-12 05:00 PM

Kacy, you can really do this well. Yours
always have so much meaning and truth in
them. I enjoy reading them, too.

Hugs,
Ethel

kaile

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8 posted 2003-05-13 03:34 AM

so Zen can be bought? i don't have yen though...will Sing dollars count?

Midnitesun

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9 posted 2003-05-13 10:59 AM

Thanks to all for reading.
Kaile, I wondered how you/others might interpret the word yen in this post.
It also means a desire for, a yearning for...
LOL, I'm not sure about buying Zen. Let me think on that one a while.
But if you could buy it? Yep, Sing $ should do nicely, depending upon the exchange rate of the day.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (05-13-2003 10:34 PM).]

Nan

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10 posted 2003-05-13 09:21 PM

And nicely so...

Midnitesun

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11 posted 2003-05-13 10:34 PM

Nan, thank you!

kaile

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12 posted 2003-05-17 03:42 AM

yup, the longing interpretation does fit in better with insatiable..

Double credit to this senryu anyway! I initially thought it was clever that you used Yen and Zen, both Japanese entities in the same line and now that i realise that yen has dual meanings, i'm amused at how this can read thought-provoking and tongue-in-cheek at the same time

though admittedly, i had to think rather hard before i could let "Japanese currency" fit in with "insatiable"

Midnitesun

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13 posted 2003-05-17 12:33 PM

LOL, kaile, thanks for re-visiting this one.
I actually wrote another one long ago with a yen/zen rhyme that was about $$$, or rather the lack therof.

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