Places

Jul 27

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~~ 1 ~~
 
A place of her own,
where she can dabble in words—
this is all she asks.
 
~~ 2 ~~
 
Three blasts of the horn—
again she loses her place
reading Hemingway.
 
~~ 3 ~~
 
She loses her place,
yet a new pathway unfolds,
tugging at her feet.
 
~~ 4 ~~
 
In her stained blue dress
she is not sure of her place
among the sisters.
 
~~ 5 ~~
 
In this hallowed place
she rests for an hour or two
before moving on.
 
~~ 6 ~~
 
A place of shining
in the center of darkness—
this is all she asks.
 
~~ 7 ~~
 
The thrill of the hunt
to find a place of her own
keeps driving her on.
 
~~ 8 ~~
 
Knick-knack paddy-whack—
isn’t there another place
that she could call home?
 
~~ 9 ~~
 
She devotes her skill
to finding the perfect place
to keep her secrets.
 
~~ 10 ~~
 
Her secrets in place,
she resolves not to reveal
them to anyone.
 
~~ 11 ~~
 
In this shallow place,
where nothing is asked of her,
she has found a home.

 
© 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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  1. Sumana Roy | July 27, 2014 at 8:55 am

    she’s moving in search of a shining place like that old man of “Knick-knack paddy-whack”…the last one’s a tad sad…hope she doesn’t earn a bad name like him…

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  2. jae rose | July 27, 2014 at 9:36 am

    A room of ones own and two guineas a year wasn’t that what Virginia Woolf requested…I guess even a nun’s cell is shared by god…sometimes there is no escape…except virtually perhaps

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  3. annell4 | July 27, 2014 at 10:33 am

    A Room of Her Own…something everyone needs.

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  4. humbird | July 27, 2014 at 11:10 am

    Who is ‘she’ after all? Love 6-8 verses. 8th made me laugh…just about me … ~ Thanks.

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  5. Kerry O'Connor | July 27, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    Each haiku offers a little something to the reader, and the whole tells a story I can relate to.

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  6. Sherry Blue Sky | July 27, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    This is a glorious progression. Even the way you have the listed words at the top of the page reads like a poem! Loved these. Especially the stained blue dress, and her uncertainty of her place among the sisters.

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  7. Mary | July 27, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    A place of one’s own where one can dabble in words sounds absolutely ideal. The thrill of the hunt for such a place would be would definitely be part of the fun. A nice series once again.

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  8. Leovi | July 27, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    Lovely, very interesting to find the perfect place to keep our secrets!

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  9. scotthastiepoet | July 27, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    Stimulating work – I especially enjoyed your last stanza and loved the notion of the pathway tugging at her feet… With Best Wishes Scott http://www.scotthastie.com

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  10. http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com | July 27, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    Just lovely, all of them, but my favourite is number 6.

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  11. Maniparna Sengupta Majumder | July 27, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    You’ve built it in a great manner MMT …nicely done… 🙂

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  13. 1sojournal | July 27, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    In these haiku about place, there is constant movement both inside and out. Are we just born restless or not able to relish any place we are in? I was a bit disappointed when she ended in a shallow place, then wondered if that isn’t the whole point of all that preceding movement.

    Elizabeth
    http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/

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  14. arushiahuja | July 27, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    awsome haiku roll!! lovely!!

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  15. oldegg | July 27, 2014 at 7:29 pm

    Finding a place to call home is often a lifetime’s quest. Some find it in a person, others in memories. Perhaps we all look for the place that shines.

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  16. Rallentanda | July 27, 2014 at 8:48 pm

    These are all inspired. The Monica Lewinsky one is very clever!

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  17. G L Meisner | July 28, 2014 at 4:56 am

    Very nice sequence. Looking is what we all do.

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  18. Bastet | July 28, 2014 at 7:35 am

    A lovely series … interesting story.

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  19. atothewr | July 29, 2014 at 4:45 am

    Nice work. I really like the sound of number 2.

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  20. Miss Alister | July 29, 2014 at 10:56 am

    This is a great roll-out of creativity. Amen! to 1 and 6. I love 3 and 9. And 8 sure is a cute play on “This Old Man” : )

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  21. Leonas Lines | July 29, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    Very delightful reading! I appreciate all the haiku that tell a story. Thank you.

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