Absent

Discarded barbed wire, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona

rusting barbed-wire strand
snaking through the wilderness—
an absent fence post

Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher

More Friday’s Fences #102

More Carpe Diem: “Fence”

Posted on October 28, 2013, in 5-7-5, Carpe Diem, fence, Friday's Fences and tagged absent, barbed wire, fence post, strand, wilderness. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.

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Sherry Marr | October 28, 2013 at 10:38 am

COOL photo, which sparked an intriguing haiku.

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WabiSabi | October 28, 2013 at 5:49 pm

There are so many stories lying around in your desert, aren’t there? And probably more than a few snakes too!! Is that a broken chair in the back round?

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- magicalmysticalteacher | October 28, 2013 at 6:28 pm
  
  It’s a rusted can! (I can’t believe how much litter is scattered around here.)
  
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atrm61 | October 29, 2013 at 9:04 am

Loved that you changed the meaning with a single additional word-“post”-an excellent Haiku arousing curiosity in the reader’s mind:-)

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moondustwriter | October 29, 2013 at 12:53 pm

I love the barbed wire shots a great contrast with the desert
great verse

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Chèvrefeuille | October 29, 2013 at 1:19 pm

What a beautiful composed haiku MMT and that photo is gorgeous.

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Hula~la | October 29, 2013 at 4:58 pm

what a very cool shot. I like it! Aloha

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kaykuala | October 29, 2013 at 5:50 pm

A rusted barbed wire, a witness to many happenings in the wild. Nice write MMT!

Hank

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Maggie Grace | October 29, 2013 at 8:25 pm

Your haiku works without the photo…it’s so vivid.

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Panchali | October 30, 2013 at 9:38 am

Wow. That was simply superb,MMT!

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- magicalmysticalteacher | October 30, 2013 at 10:33 am
  
  Thank you. I appreciate your kind comment.
  
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Vicki | October 30, 2013 at 9:58 am

An abandoned guardian, gone dangerous in its solitude.

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- magicalmysticalteacher | October 30, 2013 at 10:32 am
  
  A dangerous guardian? Oh, my! 😉
  
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Cathy Tenzo | October 30, 2013 at 11:24 pm

This is wonderful, and makes it sound like it’s moving. I love it.

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eliz frank | October 30, 2013 at 11:54 pm

I like that you had a picture to match the haiku… very nice.
Eliz

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EG CameraGirl | October 31, 2013 at 1:32 pm

Haiku and barbed wire – something to ponder.

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Amrit Sinha | October 31, 2013 at 2:42 pm

Absence does have significance !!!

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- magicalmysticalteacher | October 31, 2013 at 3:26 pm
  
  For either good or ill…
  
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