On Weekly Prompts, the Wednesday challenge is: FOR THE BIRDS. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking >> HERE. The below Haiku, is my response to the prompt.
Silently She Cries
In the sky somewhere
There’s the old peace dove crying
In silence, she’ll die
Ivor Steven (c) June 2020.
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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer.
I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.
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Sad. Good … but sad. 💙
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And it’s sad that Leonard Cohen’s old song is still accurately true..
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I still like your haiku and I love the song – I didn’t realise it was written by Leonard. So appropriate and on so many fronts. Thank you, Ivor 🙂
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Yes, it’s a great version of Leonard Cohen’s song, and in the lyric format here, it was eerily appropriate.. 🎶😂🙄
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Tragic.
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Strong words Ivor. 🕊
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Yes Colleen, these are rough times, and silence is as bad as violence…
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I think there is some silence as people are gathering their thoughts and energies and trying to learn and educate themselves. That kind of silence is necessary sometimes. Just my thoughts on that part.
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very haunting, both your poem and the song …
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Obtaining peace is haunting us all Kate….. the song is great version of Leonard Cohen’s old song….
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her voice is perfect for it!
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I’m glad you enjoy it Kate…
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I really did thanks Ivor!
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So apt – as so often
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Thank you Derrick….. sadly apt….
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Powerful and timely, Ivor. And so heart-wrenching. We must all cry with her…and then keep working to bring peace about for her.
Love that LC song and the singer.
(((HUGS))) ❤
PS…I was AWOL, but like The Terminator, ” I’ll be bach!” and now, I’m back. I explained in a blog I just now blogged.
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Yes, the song is a magnificent version Leonard’s classic old song…..
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