tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post291457674114780548..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Tuesday April 1st, 2014Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-53183749821422889212014-04-05T23:06:02.535-07:002014-04-05T23:06:02.535-07:00Greg - yeah, pretty much :P
I can't get over ...Greg - yeah, pretty much :P<br /><br />I can't get over your second one. Just... a world of stories to be told there :)<br /><br />Ivybennet - two excellent haiku, I'm having trouble picking a favorite. Perhaps your first, but only slightly.<br /><br />Morganna - hah, love the voice in your first. I can totally picture a disgruntled gate thinking that.<br /><br />Your correspondent - really enjoyed how totally different your two haiku are. Makes it hard to pick a favorite, but my ice cream sweet tooth is arguing loudly in favor of the second one... so there we go :)Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-31373092972536460752014-04-02T16:12:00.668-07:002014-04-02T16:12:00.668-07:00The morning glories
wrap the gate like lover’s le...The morning glories <br />wrap the gate like lover’s legs.<br />Proceed at own risk.<br /><br><br />Vanilla. Chocolate. <br />Strawberry. Butter pecan.<br />Ice cream! Gateway drugs!terphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326218960065491673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-29232601416218294572014-04-02T10:43:39.332-07:002014-04-02T10:43:39.332-07:00White pickets just like
All the other gates -- wh...White pickets just like <br />All the other gates -- why am <br />I not purple?<br /><br />I am a gate <br />Not a fence -- you can walk through <br />Without a head-bump.morgannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295309367485408358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-55931901784995678472014-04-02T06:03:49.618-07:002014-04-02T06:03:49.618-07:00Stone, long forgotten
Metal gates creak with the w...Stone, long forgotten<br />Metal gates creak with the wind’s<br />Shallow, haunting, breath.<br /><br />Decorative and<br />Yet terrifying, it sits <br />In the woods untouched. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-74546058610727629982014-04-02T01:00:49.709-07:002014-04-02T01:00:49.709-07:00It sounds like Winter might have released you from...It sounds like Winter might have released you from his icy grip at last then! Just in time for April to soak you :-D<br />I think I like your first haiku better today, though the last line of the second does make me smile!<br /><br /><b>The gate</b><br />Pillars surmount me,<br />Old stone frames my majesty:<br />Root cellar doorway.<br /><br />Tied closed with old string<br />Ancient guardian of death;<br />Lych-gate needs repair.<br /><br />[Yay! I found a one word synonym to use as the Acrostic this time]Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com