"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Sunday, December 11, 2011

Magpie 95 Letting go.........




image by Mostafa Habibi

Future floats
In front of a buried past
Let waves erase





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23 comments:

  1. Nice sentiment and said in an elegant way. Where ever did you find that second photo... did you take that? If so, WHERE is it. ha.

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  2. Oh, outstanding; not one word wasted.

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  3. Margaret-
    yes I did take the second photo - this past September we were in Edinburgh Scotland and there he was in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art not far from our B and B and you can see more pics here:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/katheworsley/6132336264/in/set-72157627635451740

    enjoy! and thanks for your nice comments! Kathe W.

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  4. This was is so deep. nicely done.

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  5. So true, a haiku. Thank you!
    It seems Tess has been in Scotland too!

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  6. This is an excellent haiku. Great insight.

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  7. That's pretty deep, my friend!

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  8. Such wise words... beautiful.

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  9. Wow, however did you find that second photo? Blew me away for a minute.
    Love your haiku.
    Oh, I see you found him in Edinburgh, of all places. Whodathunkit? So you look at the prompt and think, oh yes, just like that guy in Edinburgh by the BnB.
    Well, I still say "wow"!

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  10. Dear Kathe: Synch! To find a matching sculpture piece is too too much! Love it! And so deep this haiku. Water does erase the past; oh YES!

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  11. I like it. There is only the here and now.

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  12. Great verse Kathe! Sets one thinking what could have been and what's in store. Utilizing the second pic is brilliant!

    Hank

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  13. Sometimes the present has to repeat itself, in order to show truth!
    thanks.

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  14. Perfect. The whole secret is in letting go ...

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  15. Truer words have not been spoken..and the second buried man...is this a trend??

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  16. Lyn- nope just synchronicity striking once again. I took the second photo in Edinburgh this past September!

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  17. Well haikued again, Kath.

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  18. nice i accept oh zen master...smiles...

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  19. Oh, yes! And they will.

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  20. I loved the last line especially. So nicely written. And thanks for the second photo!

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