A pair of haiku on a theme, for the prompt “before” – see https://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/haiku-horizons-prompt-before/
Life is about “now”
I don’t remember “before”
That day I met you
A truth to free you:
There’s no “before”, only “now”
We lie to ourselves
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My first all-Latin comment… Thank you 🙂
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Pleasure is mine. You’re welcome, Sir.
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Awesome write. 🙂
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Agreed!
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😃
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Your ability to reach into someone else with your personal experiences and bring their personal experiences to their fore front is admirable.
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Thank you… I think it comes from the fact that love, lust, heartbreak, false dawns and all the rest are such universal experiences, that they resonate with most of us. And perhaps the type of optimist who would spend time both writing and reading poetry may feel these more keenly than others, and knowingly tread that line between truth and lie.
There is only now x
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* balances with the pole on the tightrope *
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All we have is now. So true!
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Thanks Olga. The constraints of haiku force us to keep to the essentials… I think we need to think a little more like that in life too 🙂
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A wonderful philosophy for finding abundance in simplicity.
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Give it a label:
Abundance? Simplicity?
Two sides of the same
🙂
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True!
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Nice!
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Thanks Teresa 🙂
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All we have on hand is NOW the present but the past shapes our present and cannot be escaped from. Beautiful writing.
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Thank you, Kalpana. Although the past shapes our present, I don’t believe that we can’t escape our past. Today is ours 🙂
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Too true. Thanks for the reminder.
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Thanks for taking the time to comment, Alice 🙂
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🙂
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Very much so. Well done.
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Thank you 🙂
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It’s always just ‘now’… 🙂
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Very true 🙂
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Oh…that is kind of romantic!
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Thanks Kathy. I think the first one is… Not so sure about the second though! 🙂
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Nice! And so very true. 🙂
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Poignant ! the second one is a naked truth ! Hats off !
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Thanks Milan, and thanks for the follow too 🙂
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I must ! That’s all ! 🙂
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