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16 February 2017

Valentine's Day Haiku

(well anyway, one-liners trying to be haiku)


rain falls on your long absence I don't forget

heat-wave my ardour increases

that café we used to like closes – cloudy day

the sun in the photo shines on your face – forever

you offer your heart – the taste of chocolate

remembering our first time you brought roses






Written for NaHaiWriMo 2017

 Linking to Tuesday Platform 21 Feb 2017 at 'imaginary garden with real toads'
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11 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 February 2017 at 12:14

    Ahh, those sweet memories...

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  2. thotpurge22 February 2017 at 15:14

    the sun in the photo shines on your face – forever... oh that's beautifully written.

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  3. brudberg22 February 2017 at 16:48

    Memories are bittersweet.. like dark chocolates

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  4. Kim M. Russell22 February 2017 at 18:36

    The structure of your poem enhances the memories asd they return and fade. I love the use of the senses, especially in '...the taste of chocolate /
    remembering our first time you brought roses'.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade22 February 2017 at 20:06

      It was written as a series of separate one-liners, but I'm glad you feel it works as a sequence, as I hope to turn it into one later.

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  5. Marian22 February 2017 at 22:01

    Oh the third! Dammit when that happens... the cafes should never close. We had a place close this week :(

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  6. colleen23 February 2017 at 01:37

    Got a chill and could easily see the sun light shining on his photo.

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  7. Gillena Cox23 February 2017 at 04:21

    Sweet!!!

    much love...

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  8. Sanaa Rizvi23 February 2017 at 05:32

    Sooo tender and romantic!!❤️


    PS: Love your new blog layout!

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade23 February 2017 at 11:58

      Thanks Sanaa. The previous layout was 10 years old – high time for a change! I loved this recent rose photo, and remembered that red roses are for passion. (Smile.)

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  9. Yvonne Osborne25 February 2017 at 02:30

    "Rain falls on your long absence", begins and completes this for me.

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