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4 Feb 2012

The Haiku Challenge -4


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sorrow blunts the soul
behind the veil apparent
joy has taken leave

©Karen @Something Written

Written for The Haiku Challenge 2012 - Day 4 – February 4th – Theme: Opposite Emotions

17 comments:

  1. Sorrow blunts the soul

    powerful first line!

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  2. What can I say? Nothing I think ... this one makes me speechless. That first line ... wow.

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  3. In awe Karen. Great photographer, good cardmaker and now a writer, that in a few words elegantly delivers a strong message. WOW :o)

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  4. I agree with Anaje. You are a woman of many talents. Thank you for sharing them with us.

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  5. This is indeed very beautiful..

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  6. Wow, you sure have a knack for writing Flame!
    étreintes

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  7. I like the sorrow blunting the soul ~

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  8. aye, opposite things indeed...

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  9. Sorrow blunts the soul. Profound. I keep thinking about it, which means that your words moved me.
    Judy

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  10. Sorrows indeed blunt the soul... Loved your take on the theme.. :-)

    Someone is Special

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  11. Superbly written! The second line is - brilliant. Really remarkable.

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  12. 'Sorrows blunts the soul'-Excellent!

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  13. Veils hide a multitude of things, especially a lack of joy. Nice write.

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  14. sometimes that veil hide so many things from our world...amazing

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  15. wistful beauty in these lines Karen.

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  16. love the simplicity in this,

    amazing grace in poetry shared, smiles.

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  17. too much sour in the world, especially with animal abuse

    elephant slave

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