proud snapdragons
bow and dance with raindrops
tasting clouds
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
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Antirrhinums are a favourite bedding plant of mine, you captured them beautifully. When I was younger I always got surprised when a bee flew out of the blooms! x
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Becka, I always enjoy your comments, thanks! Ooo, what a great latin name. Almost Anti-rhinos, what a wonderful plant to be able to ward off a rhino! Okay, I’m being frivolous, but it suits me. LOL Cheers, Brenda
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Haha I get where you’re coming from! I always like seeing how the Latin name is interpreted in the plant, usually in a silly way lol 😉 x
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Pretty snapdragons, enjoyed the way you chose your words to describe the rain dragon! You have a fine talent in all you write, Brenda! Hugs, Robin
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Thanks, Robin, I sure love writing. 🙂 It was a joy to take a few moments to let fancy fly during my vacation.
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lovely haiku
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Thanks!
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A dash of scarlet in the heart of our wintertime here in the UK. What more could one want! Lovely, exuberant haiku, Brenda, thank you.
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Kate, Our vacation has certainly been a nice break from all the constant work of winter. More snow due after we get back. What a winter!! My son commented that we picked the right winter to escape to Florida. Thanks for stopping by and commenting! Cheers, Brenda
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What a beautiful flower! I love “tasting clouds”…perfect…and I’m reading this on a rainy day 🙂
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There you go, clouds are embracing you. 🙂
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Brenda, They really add a special touch to any garden. Take care, Bill
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So true, I’m going to plant some in May, when it’s spring in my neck of the woods. 🙂
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Just wondering about the last sentence and the syllables, is there something that I am not understanding in the rules? I have read that there are more intricate rules, so perhaps you could explain them to me. My blog is haiku only, so i just wondered if you could enlighten me. Thanks. I love your haiku!!
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I’m not sure I understand the question. Do you mean that my haiku is not a strict 5/7/5? I have been reading more about haiku lately, and many believe the syllable count to be more of a maximum amount and less of a requirement to be exact because the original Japanese form doesn’t translate into syllables. Thanks for the comment and question. I hope I answered it. 🙂
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Yes you did. I follow the strict syllables. It is often restricting and I add a superfluous words. Good to know!!
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I think the theory is that the superfluous words are counter to the ideal of the haiku, which is simple and spare and arresting. I’ve even seen haiku of 5 syllables. The stopping moment seems more important. I wouldn’t say I’m an expert, though. 🙂
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Yes I agree with the explanation and understanding. I just thought that there were rigid rules to follow. In fact I have been called out by other writers for not getting my syllable count right. So I was just wondering if you knew some rules that I did not. Thanks. 🙂
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I submitted to a couple haiku publishers and the rigid syllable count was definitely disfavored. I read more about the origins and decided to view the syllable count as a maximum. The stopper is much harder for me, but I try to include that, too.
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Hmmmm. Very interesting. Thanks for the information. Always good to know. 🙂
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🙂 Perhaps you will have a different experience. 🙂
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Lovely Haiku reminds me of summer days in the garden with dad telling me names and stories about the flowers. Plus I have always loved snapdragons. xxx xxx
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Me, too. I thought these proud dragons needed their joy remembered. 🙂 I remember snapping dragons when I was little. 🙂
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Yes me too
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i love the raindrops/cloud-tastng phrase. and what i wouldn’t give to see a flower blooming about now ) –
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Just how I felt only a few days ago. I thought I should share my joy at being displaced into summer. 🙂 It’s been over 80 most days.
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woo -hoo! soak up every minute of it, brenda )
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Pool is next. Then another park?? Time will tell. 🙂
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I can see them in my mind’s eye. Lovely haiku.
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Thanks! Was a blessed, cooling rain. We ate Japanese food at Epcot under an umbrella in the driving rain yesterday.
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Lots of bright sunny colours from you lately; I think you are having a lovely time 🙂 .
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I am having a lovely time. 🙂 Missed yet another snow storm in our area.
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All the more reason to smile.
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Yep!
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I love your words and your flowers
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Thanks!
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سبحان الله
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Thanks for commenting.
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My favorite flower and just lovely! Kudos~
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Thanks! One of my favorite flowers, too. Some of these really looked like dragons.
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I love this Brenda! I think I am really starting to like haiku poems, they have this mysteriousness over them that I really like 🙂
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Thanks, I like the brief stories they tell, the moods they create. 🙂
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