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Season’s Greetings

#Haiku Happenings #13: Jane Dougherty’s latest #haibun!

I know I said that this Christmas was going to be a silent, contemplative time, but it didn’t work out quite like that. We did a lot of cooking, a lot of eating, made a lot of noise, terrified the animals with silly Christmas costumes (definitely not my idea) and decorated the house with greenery wrenched from the surroundings—the Christmas decorations being among the many things we haven’t found yet

And, I succumbed. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the Sound of Music, so we watched it again.

The following haibun was written on Saturday and expresses how I felt about this end of year celebration. The two words not to use for Colleen’s last Tanka Tuesday prompt of the year are ‘New & Experience’. This haibun, if not spot on, is close.

The grass is wet the day long, and green. Lords and ladies spread marbled leaves, and water drips…

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4 responses to “Season’s Greetings”

kanzensakura

December 26, 2017

I hope you had a splendid Christmas Frank!

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1. Frank J. Tassone
  
  December 26, 2017
  
  I did Toni, thank you. I hope you had as enjoyable a holiday as you could, under the circumstances.
  
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  1. kanzensakura
    
    December 26, 2017
    
    It was quiet – very. We didn’t mind it a bit. He slep a lot and I read a lot – and wrote….I also want to wish you a happy new year and to thank you for opening my eyes (and my mind) to the various forms of haiku. Some of them are breathtaking. the others are meh. but oh! Those breathtaking ones.
    
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  2. Frank J. Tassone
    
    December 26, 2017
    
    Glad to hear you’re holiday went well. Happy New year to you, too! And thank you for your perspective on my haiku. 😀
    
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