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Tuesday 13 September 2011

Haiku - Elixir



Entirely Parched out
Eyes pray for the Elixir 
Summer Rain 

Earth Ruptured out
Deprived of her basic need  
Elixir of Thirst


11 comments:

  1. Much-needed rain IS an elixir! Thanks for the picture you created in my head and heart.



    A Little Elixir

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  2. Indeed its happenning in many places.nice way of saying msg.

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  3. This is beautifully captured.. let us pray for the ruptured Earth.. may she find he elixir..

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  4. Drought conditions are so often seen in some parts here. The desperate need of farmers!!

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  5. Interesting Haiku? No need for rain here. Irene left use enough for a year. Nice work.



    Melanie

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  6. maythe rains come to quench dry throats....

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  7. There's an old saying here, "You don't miss your water till your well runs dry." and the land is the same--we feel her thirst here often--all 77 counties of my state are in a severe drought--the rain is quite an event when we get it.

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  8. We are praying in Texas for the elixir of rain...very timely haiku

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  9. wow amazing and such a great image to show the lack of rain and water so well done
    http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/09/13/a-new-life-begins/

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  10. A striking photo and poem combination. Well done.

    A note about the syllable counts: the last line of the first verse is lacking two syllables; you can remedy that if you change it to "of a summer rain." In the first line of the second verse, adding "is" or "has" after Earth will give it the needed five syllables.

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  11. @all Thanks for the comments
    @ Cassiopeia -Yeah i know how it feels in US during Irene
    @ hedgewitch ,susie - True, water is the real elixir in tropical countries ..cant imagine life without water
    @TraciB-Thanks..Yeah The basic haiku structure is 5-7-5..yet haiku's can also be written less than 17 syllables :)

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