The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku


"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Carpe Diem #290, Tooroo (lantern)




~ 1 ~

genealogy
no lantern illuminates
ancestors' dark past


~ 2 ~

bright lantern in hand
i continue my vain search
for an honest man


~ 3 ~

frogs and crickets
have no need for lanterns
they sing in the dark

~~::~~

Carpe Diem #290


13 comments:

  1. Nice trio. You need a historian for the first one. We are lanterns shining light on the past :)

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  2. an honest man can be pretty hard to find,,.

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  3. And their music lights up the night air!













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  4. Sweet third haiku...made me smile and hear them!

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  5. Maybe by now you have found at least an honest woman!

    Spilling Lantern Light

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  6. Really nice set of haiku, JzB. Those dark paths of genealogy :)... But frogs and crickets i enjoyed the most.

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  7. I'd stick with the frogs & crickets if I were you. That search could be endless my friend ;)

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  8. About those ancestors: Sometimes it's best to leave well enough alone!

    Lantern in the Sky

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  9. Awesome ... that third is a little gem that makes me feel great and in touch with nature.

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  10. quite the set - some search some make music

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  11. The second one is so full of deep insight... really loved that one.

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  12. Woa...that first one............amazing..shocker..what a powerful haiku

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