Definitely an interesting juxtaposition. Reading up on diamonds they sound so unglamorous!
Diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon…
The cutter has to decide which flaws are to be removed by the cutting and which could be kept.
The diamond can be split by a single, well calculated blow of a hammer to a pointed tool, which is quick, but risky. Alternatively, it can be cut with a diamond saw, which is a more reliable but tedious procedure. WIKIPEDIA
The pairing that is so often a feature of haiku works so well here!
Great!
__ Of course Rebecca, I may be accused of disrespect and ignorance in my response to your fine verse, but that is certainly not my intent. With a deep smile, my "juxtaposition" is a metaphoric view of that universal "diamond". Haiku / senryu; read by other eyes; the change. Smiles! _m
Rebecca-
This haiku arrived on my 75th birthday; the diamond one. Your verse is so incisive with such an economy of words! Thanks so much for this work.
January 1st, 2018 at 9:31 am
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codependent
a flaw
deep in the diamond
—REBECCA DROUILHET
Definitely an interesting juxtaposition. Reading up on diamonds they sound so unglamorous!
Diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon…
The cutter has to decide which flaws are to be removed by the cutting and which could be kept.
The diamond can be split by a single, well calculated blow of a hammer to a pointed tool, which is quick, but risky. Alternatively, it can be cut with a diamond saw, which is a more reliable but tedious procedure. WIKIPEDIA
The pairing that is so often a feature of haiku works so well here!
warm regards,
Alan
January 1st, 2018 at 10:14 am
Or… a double play.
Great!
__ Of course Rebecca, I may be accused of disrespect and ignorance in my response to your fine verse, but that is certainly not my intent. With a deep smile, my "juxtaposition" is a metaphoric view of that universal "diamond". Haiku / senryu; read by other eyes; the change. Smiles! _m
January 1st, 2018 at 11:45 pm
Nicely done, Rebecca
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:07 pm
Rebecca-
This haiku arrived on my 75th birthday; the diamond one. Your verse is so incisive with such an economy of words! Thanks so much for this work.
carol
January 8th, 2018 at 9:17 am
This is lovely, Rebecca. Flawed and codependent as most things are.
January 8th, 2018 at 9:56 am
Rebecca, I love your pairing of codependent and flawed. Well done!
January 12th, 2018 at 3:03 pm
Lovely, Rebecca.
Unusual use of words but so apt
January 17th, 2018 at 9:10 am
but still, it is your diamond.
August 20th, 2018 at 8:58 am
Wonderful haiku. This speaks to me of buried childhood wounds often at the heart of codependency. Really elegant and beautiful way of expressing it.