Dusk

Jan 18

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Glasnevin Museum: Ireland’s Necropolis, Dublin, Ireland
 


Dusk in the graveyard—
why do you plead with the mice
to pray for the dead?

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on January 18, 2013, in Dublin, Ein Stück Himmel, Glasnevin Museum, Haiku Heights, Haiku My Heart, Himmelsk, Ireland, Recuerda Mi Corazon, Sky Watch Friday. Bookmark the permalink. 46 Comments.

  1. rebecca | January 18, 2013 at 7:57 am

    strangely comforting
    mice men the midnight choir
    one last ray of light

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  2. Barbara | January 18, 2013 at 8:05 am

    Can mice pray I wonder? If so, I would ask for their prayers too!

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  3. Laura Hegfield | January 18, 2013 at 8:39 am

    beautiful image… interesting to imagine the mice praying for the dead… perhaps they’d do so without even being asked?

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  4. Anthony North | January 18, 2013 at 8:52 am

    Hhmmm. I wonder if they do.

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  5. Delphyne | January 18, 2013 at 9:06 am

    Lovely picture and quite an interesting haiku!

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  6. artmusedog | January 18, 2013 at 9:33 am

    hmmm ~ very contemplative haiku ~ excellent photo ~

    (A Creative Harbor) ^_^

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  7. Fitness Buff | January 18, 2013 at 10:27 am

    Beautiful image. Happy ESH!

    My entry.

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  8. Tina´s PicStory | January 18, 2013 at 11:10 am

    beautiful piece of heaven :) thanx and have a great weekend!

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  10. Liz | January 18, 2013 at 11:40 am

    Great capture. Happy sky watching.

    My sky.

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  11. Green Speck | January 18, 2013 at 11:54 am

    Loved it a… amazing lines … pleading with the mice … emotions well etched out !!!

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  12. Gemma Wiseman | January 18, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    Many layers of interesting questions beg to be explored in this beautiful haiku!

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  13. Lisa at Greenbow | January 18, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    To me this is a funny image that comes to my mind…people asking mice to pray for them. Especially when mice are so persecuted by man. I can imagine a friend of mine asking mice to pray for her. She had one that lived in her house many years ago. A fine companion. Love your haiku.

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  14. WabiSabi | January 18, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    black and blue dusk
    falls long upon a mouse
    does he pray for dawn?

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  15. pritilisa | January 18, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    well, you got me there…beautiful photo!

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  16. Dawn Elliott | January 18, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    Great photo and interesting lines…making us wonder, no?

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  17. JazzBumpa | January 18, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    What the mice know but
    Dusk does not – The living not
    The dead need those prayers

    Cheers!
    JzB

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  18. nonnie aka scrappygrams | January 18, 2013 at 10:28 pm

    hmm. I’m never considered that. lovely silhouettes of trees and roof-line!

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  19. Bruce Ruston | January 19, 2013 at 1:34 am

    Really enjoyed the concept of pleading with mice

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  20. Ramesh Sood | January 19, 2013 at 1:40 am

    This is beautiful..yes why to pray…why not let the light filter through… here MMT ..do visit..

    http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2013/01/a-clear-sky.html

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  21. ladynimue | January 19, 2013 at 4:34 am

    thats an amusing thought !

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  22. Tarun Mazumdar | January 19, 2013 at 6:29 am

    Please share about the mice… is it a tradition? Sorry I seek clarity here…

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  23. ninotaziz | January 19, 2013 at 8:31 am

    This is just so lovely. I do not seek the story – here, the rhythm in the words comfort me.

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  24. tigerbrite | January 19, 2013 at 9:48 am

    Nice picture… I don’t see any mice though :)

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  25. Lolly | January 19, 2013 at 12:00 pm

    ooh what a lovely gothic ‘ku. I love it.

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  26. CuriositytotheMax | January 19, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    Great creative take on the prompt – certainly conjures up images in MY mind.

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  27. Lea | January 19, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    Because… it is all I have left, these small creatures who navigate through tiny passages into places I can not get to…

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  28. Lea | January 19, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    p.s. besides… who knows more of men, than mice?

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  29. Meenakshi Malhotra | January 20, 2013 at 3:12 am

    Mice praying for dead! May be they are not afraid of them as we humans are!

    Lovely take on prompt!

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  30. Teresa | January 20, 2013 at 6:24 pm

    I just love this! There’s something always a bit spooky about a graveyard, but more so at dusk.

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  31. Emma at LLM Calling | January 21, 2013 at 4:42 am

    I didn’t know mice could pray, fab

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  33. ladyfi | January 21, 2013 at 12:16 pm

    Great shot – very atmospheric.

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  34. eof737 | January 22, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    Powerful imagery and haiku poem. Loved it.:-)
    Eliz posting on blogspot for HH
    http://positivekismet.blogspot.com/2013/01/musings-haiku-small-stones-at-dusk.html

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  35. sanjana | January 22, 2013 at 11:05 pm

    do people ask mice to pray for them? interesting!

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  36. heavenhappens | January 23, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    This appealed to me as I went to my dad’s grave today ~ 20 years since he died today ~ there were little pawprints in the snow from one tombstone to another ~ I found it quite charming actually to think of little creatures running about in the dusk visiting the cemetery’s residents!

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  37. Blue Flute | January 24, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    I plead to dusk
    To give some honest advice,
    But, alas–it only talks to mice.

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  38. Reshma | January 24, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    Spooky take on the prompt..

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  40. Suzy | January 25, 2013 at 4:36 am

    That felt spooky. nice pic.

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