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Carpe Diem #1030 path


[...] "Ah…and then there’s the path, always the path, there, to concentrate on.. " [...] Hamish Managua Gunn

so brief
the unknown path
once traveled 

©  petra domina

Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on 

CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI

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  1. ForestbatherAugust 20, 2016 at 10:13 PM

    Mmm beautiful, and powerful in the reading. The concept has made you produce one of your finest: simple, yet with such depth, and for me real poetic imagery. So nice.

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    1. JaniceAugust 20, 2016 at 11:38 PM

      Been working on it for several days before I saw the path prompt. It sprouted from an observation I made to my husband about how far it seemed the first time we went to a certain location but how close it seemed now. I told him there is a haiku in that.

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  2. Kim M. RussellAugust 21, 2016 at 1:18 AM

    Reminiscent of Robert Frost!

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  3. Yamini MacLeanAugust 21, 2016 at 8:18 AM

    Hari OM
    ...and writing poetry of any kind is like that; seems to take forever and then, in a flash, it's there! A delight to wander with you "Petra"! YAM xx

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    1. JaniceAugust 21, 2016 at 2:59 PM

      Good Evening, YAM
      A delight to have you along on the journey! janice xx

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  4. Gillena CoxAugust 21, 2016 at 9:38 AM

    interesting in its argument of known and unknown; its like the returning along the journey travelled the psychology of shortened time
    Paloma thank you for dropping in at my Sunday Lime today

    much love...

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    1. JaniceAugust 21, 2016 at 3:02 PM

      Thanks, Gillena.
      My son points out how long it was between Christmases for a five year old since it was 20% of their life. Then at 50, only 2%.

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  5. Pat RAugust 21, 2016 at 11:13 AM

    A very nice result Janice. I really like this:)

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  6. Pat RAugust 21, 2016 at 11:13 AM

    A very nice result Janice. I really like this:)

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  7. ChèvrefeuilleAugust 22, 2016 at 8:50 PM

    New paths to explore ... nicely written.

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  8. JaniceAugust 25, 2016 at 1:42 PM

    Just something we noticed as we passed a football field one evening.

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