My haikus for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge–a fun activity and contest that is open for everyone to participate, and helps keep our creative writer’s mind active! This week’s words are: Crane & Gold.
“Beyond”
The crane’s curved wings beat,
Into the golden sunset,
I am led beyond.
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“Source of Greed”
Power, desire,
He cranes his neck to the gold,
Ensnared by its charm.
© 2015 Rawls E. Fantasy Newsletter
How to read a haiku:
The crane’s curved wings beat, Into the golden sunset,
Into the golden sunset, I am led beyond.
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E.E. Rawls Writes 
These two are both powerful in different ways. The first has a wonderful image at the end. The second has a dark feeling. But there’s truth in it, and that saddens me.
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Thank you, phoenixgrey. I imagine myself in the first one, going into the sunset; gold sunsets are so beautiful. But yes, the second one is sad how true it is, and is a reminder to keep away from greed.
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I love “Beyond.” It’s peaceful and powerful, especially in its imagery, like Phoenix said. I wanted to travel with the crane to wherever it was going.
And, um, I thought of Thorin Oakenshield when I read the second haiku. *blushes*
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Thank you, Sara. I pictured myself as the crane in a way, flying off into the sunset, off into whatever may await in the beyond. I’m glad you could feel that same feeling too.
Thorin Oakenshield, that fits perfectly! I love that idea! I must say though, you’ve had Thorin on the mind quite a bit lately, hmm? 😉
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You know what else the first poem reminded me of, besides the crane? Sailing off to Valinor. 🙂 I forgot to mention that the first time around.
“I must say though, you’ve had Thorin on the mind quite a bit lately, hmm? ;)”
I… have? (*blinks*) Where else have I talked about him recently? (Sorry, my memory’s a bit shot. It’s been a stressful past few days offline.)
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Ah, Valinor, that is a lovely image too!
Oh I think it was comments on Rebekah’s blog. Which makes sense, as her posts are about books and characters. 🙂
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Beyond reminds me of an old sliding door painting I saw in a temple around here a while back. Lovely imagery!
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A sliding door painting? That sounds really cool! Was it like a secret passageway?
Thank you, and thanks for reading! 🙂
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No, haha. Japanese traditional doors slide on wooden tracks, instead of western hinges. ☺ they’re all very pretty.
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Oh, haha, I guess I had the wrong idea there. 🙂 It would take me a while to get used to doors sliding open. My clumsy self would probably knock them down trying to open them, haha.
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Oh, kids barrel into them all the time. XD
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Haha, hopefully those doors are sturdy enough. 😀
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