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Marianne PAUL has that gift with words where even six words has the weight of a novella. Just like Hemingway's mythical six word short story – lifted from a small ads listing – carried such resonance that he used it to extend his bar bill, so Marianne makes us think beyond the last word.
We all have passwords and not for our checking account and social media accounts etc… but words that are triggers to open up a whole avenue of meaning with side roads opening up on both sides.
Economical in the number of words used but expansive in the way we know a certain word, uttered on page or tongue, or even a smell or taste, brings back a whole forest to us.
May 12th, 2016 at 10:07 am
Love this! So true!
May 12th, 2016 at 1:08 pm
Wow , this really got to me. Thanks Marianne.
May 12th, 2016 at 4:29 pm
Our beloved cat lives on in just this same way! Thanks for a lovely haiku..
May 12th, 2016 at 5:34 pm
Beautiful and beautifully executed.
anniversary
every dog
looks like yours
May 14th, 2016 at 9:42 pm
Indeed!
May 15th, 2016 at 9:43 am
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passwords
the family pet
lives on
—MARIANNE PAUL
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Marianne PAUL has that gift with words where even six words has the weight of a novella. Just like Hemingway's mythical six word short story – lifted from a small ads listing – carried such resonance that he used it to extend his bar bill, so Marianne makes us think beyond the last word.
We all have passwords and not for our checking account and social media accounts etc… but words that are triggers to open up a whole avenue of meaning with side roads opening up on both sides.
Economical in the number of words used but expansive in the way we know a certain word, uttered on page or tongue, or even a smell or taste, brings back a whole forest to us.
Alan
May 15th, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Wonderful and so true. I forwarded to my family who often uses our beloved dog's
name as a password. Intimate family haiku.
May 16th, 2016 at 9:39 am
Aw, yes so true!
May 23rd, 2016 at 4:09 am
This one is so relatable. A haiku that is sad but also manages to make the reader smile fondly as they remember their own pet.
marion
May 23rd, 2016 at 6:09 am
Yes. Oh yes! Beautifully written and true.
May 31st, 2016 at 6:36 am
sooooooooooooo true awesome.
June 16th, 2016 at 1:30 am
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