Monday, April 22, 2013

Shadow

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a lone candle
melts with my paint
shadows on canvas

shadows on canvas
speak a thousand words
I remain silent

I remain silent
shadows rise and swirl
stars invite dawn


This Haiku is shared with Haiku Heights - Shadow.






31 comments:

  1. Beautiful progression of images! Love the atmosphere created by the introductory lone candle!

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  2. Mmm very atmospheric set of haiku

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  3. And those shadows have some stories to tell I would bet!!

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  4. A wonderful haiku. A shadow is worth a thousand words!
    :)

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  5. It is life renewing its greatness. Nicely captured GS!

    Hank

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  6. This is magical! reminded me some beautiful memories! Love the shadow play!

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  7. Beautiful words...
    Turned me nostalgic!

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  8. beautiful feelings rendered through words..paint ..n shadows...a poet can def bring meaning to shadows...n the stories they got hidden ...

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  9. This is absolutely exquisite =)

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  10. I love the contrast between "speak a thousand words" and "I remain silent". Great work as always.

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  11. A beautiful cascading haiku. I can relate to your words and although we remain silent, there is so much speaks for us,,,

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  12. Stunning cascade. Lost in your silence with shadows on the candlelit canvas...

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  13. Shadows indeed have a way to silence us.

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  14. Unique and lovely visions you portray.
    Thank You
    Peace
    Siggi

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  15. Silent shadows often speak with great clarity. Nice.

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  16. silence and shadows speak a very powerful language...Sorry for the delayed visit to your blog, will come back and read all of your posts that I have missed so far...

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    1. Thanks Reshma ... your comments always motivate me :-)

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