Monday, March 31, 2014

trips of conscience..

                                                                                Attribution: Evelyn Simak
Image: Oriental Poppy, Bane of the Drug Scene (here)

Guardedly moving
Explore realms of nature for
The trip of conscience

Careful not to trip
Or smell of gutter and mud
At tip of the nose

Mode of current craze
High on a trip to nowhere
Wisdom came too late

For Haiku Horizons #6 with - trip and shared with
Kerry's hosting at Real Toad's Open Link Mondays 

15 comments:

  1. The last one is so very apt in these our times.Wonderfully done!

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  2. a very nice set and the last one is spot on...

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  3. ouch. it can be painful when that wisdom sneaks in too late.

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  4. ooh...wise words from you today! and a beautiful flower! :)

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  5. Can't trip and smell like that, my ocd would have a fit lol

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  6. Excellent work within the form...these also have an organic sense of development leading to the final verse. Very nice work.
    Steve K.

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  7. Wisdom seems to come after the flowers have been clipped.

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  8. a nice set of trips ! the last one is so philosophical !

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  9. Oh, yeaH! It takes a lot of tripping and mud to gain that wisdom!

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  10. "High on a trip to nowhere
    Wisdom came too late
    "
    sounds nice for the moment but not much future. Nice idea, Hank.

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  11. Ouch when wisdom came too late ~ Good to see you Hank ~

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  12. I love that 'trip of conscience'....wrote something on the same line. Great set, Hank! Bravo..

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  13. I have some friends from my high school days who took the trip to nowhere and, sadly, they are no longer here.

    A Trip Long Ago

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  14. Better late than never, loved the wisdom of the last one.

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  15. I like how one flows to the next. Good work.

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