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18 responses to “Our Folly, Desire: a #NaPoWriMo2020 / #GloPoWriMo2020 #quadrille – #haibun”

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   Dwight L. Roth

   April 20, 2020

   You are right! We never seem to be satisfied or have enough. We are always used to having our whims at the snap of a finger…. what a shock! Eh?

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   msjadeli

   April 21, 2020

   Lockdown shows no moderation. Extremes of anything are not comfortable as we struggle for equilibrium. May it come soon.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      April 21, 2020

      As uncomfortable as they are, lockdowns save lives by preserving healthcare systems. Nevertheless, I played on the With Real Toads’ prompt of wish gone wrong and April PADS prompt isolation to come up with the quote line.

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   peterfrankiswrites

   April 21, 2020

   Yes, it has the feeling of the genie granting us the wish we never asked for.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      April 21, 2020

      Yes! Thank you for noticing; I was inferring that idea–among other wish-gone-wrong ones. 😉

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   Rosemary Nissen-Wade

   April 21, 2020

   LOL. Wickedly true.

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   gillena cox

   April 21, 2020

   Profoundly true, a gorgeous quadrille/haibun of lockdown
   Stay safe, Frank

   Much😷love

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   Laura Bloomsbury

   April 21, 2020

   what a fabulous line
   . Flush our sleeves with vain tears”

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      Frank J. Tassone

      April 21, 2020

      Thank you! 🙂

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   Frank Hubeny

   April 21, 2020

   Good point about being frustrated either way: receiving or not receiving.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      April 21, 2020

      Thanks, Frank! 🙂

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   memadtwo

   April 21, 2020

   The line between not enough and too much is malleable. (K)

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   Beverly Crawford

   April 21, 2020

   “Be careful what you wish for” is a true old adage. We are a greedy society, always wanting bigger and better, sometimes to our detriment.

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      Frank J. Tassone

      April 21, 2020

      Indeed. Thanks, Beverly! 🙂

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    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    April 21, 2020

    When we wish for it we don’t really know what it means… these days though I feel fine with it.

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       Frank J. Tassone

       April 21, 2020

       Indeed. My days have settled into a routine: morning meditation, coffee, breakfast with more coffee, work (running remote learning classes from my office), family walk, poetry, dinner, poetry, family time, evening meditation (if I’m not lazy), sleep. Not that different then when I worked in my school.

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    Dale

    April 21, 2020

    We must learn to love what we have and stop yearning for what we don’t! Lovely, Frank.

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    Mish

    April 22, 2020

    Aww, this is so true. I think we sometimes just want the opposite of what we have. I am enjoying this time at home…every second of it.

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