Haiku

Alone

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Carrie OLeary
Carrie OLeary(@carrie-oleary)
2 years ago

This is lovely Thompson. I was only saying yesterday how much I long to go to the beach. Your words minded me of standing barefoot in sand, staring out at the horizon with the sea breeze in my face. Thank you for sharing.

Eric Radcliffe
Eric Radcliffe(@eric-radcliffe)
2 years ago

I feel the cool wind, taste the salt on my lips, hear the sea, are we really alone? I really enjoyed the calm in this Haiku.

Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter(@andrew-carter)
2 years ago

A powerful haiku, Thompson. When a lone person sees others by the seaside (like the people in the distance in the picture), enjoying themselves as a family, or in groups — a solitary person can feel ‘really’ alone. That is surely the time when a writer is in their element. The picture paints this, yet your haiku paints this loneliness and associated emotions, so well.

Katy Bizi
Katy Bizi(@katy-bizi)
2 years ago

When a haiku can make you feel the soft texture of the sand and smell the salt of the sea, that’s when you know that it is doing justice to the history of this special art form. An amazingly-done job!

Lotchie Carmelo
Lotchie Carmelo(@lotchie-carmelo)
1 year ago

I love it, Thompson. Thank you for taking me to the beach while there is an ongoing travel restriction on our place. 

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