HAIKU HEIGHTS
'Struggle'
THE FLOWERING
The struggle for existence
Pushing up between unyielding slabs
Graceful, golden and undaunted.
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THE GATE KEEPERS
They stand and wait;
They Keep the Gate.
And they make haste
To judge our taste.
So who are they
To proudly say....
'We can't begin
To let you in!
We know what's what
And you do not!
You don't know Art.
We're poles apart.
We think your verse
Could not be worse.
You write a tale
That's bound to fail.
Think you can paint?
Artist you ain't!
Your matchstick men?
Nought out of ten!
Real artists! Wow!
They take a bow.
You're no Matisse,
So you must cease.
You're no Renoir;
Poor's what you are.
You're no Van Dyke,
So take a hike.
You're no Turner!
Quit, you Learner.
You're no Van Gogh,
So * * * * * off!
We all concur
You're amateur.
Those on our list
Should not be missed.
But, as for you,
You will not do!
Don't waste your time
On paint and rhyme.'
But Grandma said
'I'll soon be dead,
So tell me why
I shouldn't try.
I'm in a rush
To wield a brush!
Just for a joke
I'll paint the folk
I see each day,
At work and play.
I'll have some fun,
Before I'm done.
And when she dared
She found folk cared.
Those at the gate
Said ' We must state,
Joking apart,
THIS IS REAL ART.
Grandma! You win!
Well let you in!'
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6 comments:
Nice composition and haiku! A tribute to Grandma Moses, I wonder. Is the picture of her, too? If so, I have never seen one of her.
Dandelions are so tenacious, aren't they? Nothing seems to stop them from growing!
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Love the dandelion haiku and the picture, too.
a tenacious dandelion.. lovely tercet, Rinkly..!
doesn't a haiku have less than seventeen syllables though?
beautiful haiku and wonderful tercet, i kept smiling while reading it Brenda...:)
beautiful Haiku!
http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/haiku-struggle-plus-belated-birthdays-awards/
three awards for you.
help us visit 4 friends who have been celebrating birthdays ..
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