Tuesday December 15th, 2020

The exercise:

Write two haiku about: a saving grace.

2 comments:

Greg said...

Well, quarantine is almost over -- I can leave the house again on Saturday -- and I'm looking forward to being able to go to the gym at least :) And probably pop into the office as there will some things that need submitting from there before Monday... a nuisance, but the gym is five minutes walk from the office so it's not really a problem. And it will be a change of scenery!

A saving grace
Daughter of Zeus,
Thalia keeps money safe.
She's a saving Grace.

Euphrosyne laughs,
She finds everything mirthful.
It's her saving grace.

[Two notes: I've treated Zeus as having two syllables because whatever way I pronounce it it seems to have at least one and a half. I tend to separate the vowels (Ze-us) so it definitely has two for me. And secondly, the Graces of mythology seem to be Aglaea, Euphrosyne and Thalia, though the Spartans had Cleta rather than Thalia and some places added a few more. So... I worked with ones that might be better known :)]

Marc said...

Gym - were you quarantined because you'd traveled? Either way, I'm glad you'll be able to get in the gym again as exercise is a very good way to get through this madness.

Hah, your first is especially great this week. And I appreciate the explanation as well :)