Haiku Horizons has the prompt ‘thorn’.
We all have some thorns.
We all have flowers and fruits.
Harvest carefully.
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Rose may have thorns.
If you change your perspective—
Thorns may have roses.
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Thorns are not too bad
If they offer protection.
Brer Rabbit agrees.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2015
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Born and bred in a briar patch Brer Rabbit?
ReplyDeleteLove these - particularly the second. Thank you. Perspective is all.
That'sone wonderfully carved haiku I have come across..
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An interesting set of haiku ... I enjoyed them very much! Bastet
ReplyDeleteI'm no rose, but I can be thorny...and at times I can be rosy!
ReplyDeleteI'll go with the rosy side...
Deleteloved the second one... beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteHarvest carefully ... pick the fruits and leave the thorns dear... The whole set is beautiful !
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