Saturday, November 7, 2015

Pressures can impinge

                                                                        Attribution:  Dietmar Rabich
Image: Labyrinth “Werschrummschloeff” in Berdorf, Luxembourg (here)

High walls moss-laden
Like maze runner stultified
Standing dumb-founded

Beauty is neutral
In eyes of the beholder
Fulfilled desires

Pressure can impinge
But high resolve is savior
To each his own whims

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #853 Mother Earth/Mother Nature and
Kerry's the Eye of the Beholder - micro poetry at Real Toads

18 comments:

  1. short but powerful.

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  2. Handling pressure ability is a personal asset.
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  3. I like the way you have worked in the 'eye of the beholder' theme. That maze looks like a tight fit.

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  4. Might be hard to squeeze on through, but can be done if seen the right way

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  5. Excellent imagery beautiful lines, Hank

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  6. Very nice work here, Hank. I especially like the middle stanza.

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  7. It does look like it's out of the Maze Runner.

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  8. There is beauty also in the starkness of a maze... watch out for the Minotaur though

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  9. Maze runner stultified! Awesome.

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  10. Flexibility is so valuable in life! Very good!

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  11. A mix of emotions for sure. Nature often has that effect.

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  12. colorful drama in emotion and imagery.

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  13. Under pressure we discover our second selves. Nice pic, wonderful haiku

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  14. This made me think which is what I love about poetry...challenges and close calls brings us to wondrous places despite the struggles.

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