I believe it’s true.
The harbor mirrors values
Of community.
Overly selfish.
Extravagantly careless,
Thoughtless of others.
This we leave to the future?
Is this our mirror of life?
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A haiku and a tanka together. Is that right?
https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/06/27/colleens-weekly-poetry-challenge-39-mirror-harbor/
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Very thought provoking.
I do think it is very true. I dare say where you find this kind of pollution, you also find lots of bedroom floors covered wall to wall with clothes, bath towels, and candy wrappers. And poverty or wealth don’t have much to do with it. (unless one has a maid) I was raised in a little house. As best I remember we had one closet about four feet wide and one about two feet wide, and I think a make shift pantry under some stairs. We still put things away. I don’t know how my mother accomplished it. I think we had nails on the wall over her bed where she kept dresses on hangers. As you say, it’s thought provoking. Thanks for the comments.
I think we grew up in a different world Oneta, kids have so much more stuff now!
True, and value very little of it! 😀
I would never stifle creativity. Usually a Haiku is written separately from a Tanka, but why not? If this is the way the words came to you, then it came from your heart. That is all that matters in poetry. Welcome and I am happy to see you here. ❤
Thanks, Colleen. I was really just wanting an excuse for what I had already done. Wanted it to be close enough to get me into your poetry circle. 😀 😀
Well of course you are in the poetry circle. I am a student of writing: poetry, fiction, nonfiction… 😀 There’s always something new to learn and achieve. Keep that creativity flowing! See you next week. ❤
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Thank you.