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Friday haiku: frosted dunes

March 18, 2022 By Marit 6 Comments

Friday haiku

Koud, stil berijpt duin.
Een verre meeuw boven zee
krijst de dag open.
Cold, calm frosted dune.
Far above the sea, a gull
shrieks the day open.

Photo: @LenaSchreijenberg
I submit this haiku to Haiku my Heart

Je t’embrasse

Filed Under: Haiku Tagged With: dunes, frost, haiku, haikumyheart, Zeeland

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  1. rebecca says

    March 18, 2022 at 5:22 pm

    marit- your haiku is so gorgeous and haunting. what feels like quiet peace, suddenly cut open with a shriek. such a small collection of words so profoundly speaking of our entire world. the collective prayer for peace- the gut wrenching shriek of the mad man who denies it. of course your haiku can be about frozen dunes and a lone seagull. yet we can’t escape the inhumanity of war, or the lies that feed it. i’m so sorry for everyone- and for Europe who has known too much suffering on home soil. sending you love from across the sea. let’s all plant swaths of sunflowers- so many they will be visible as golden light from space.

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  2. gillena says

    March 18, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    Nice one, that wake up call.
    Have a blessed weekend Marit

    much💜love

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  3. Lea says

    March 18, 2022 at 6:37 pm

    The light. From your words and Lena’s photo, fills my heart. There are tears. And there is joy. Between them, I join you in this day. Thinking about you a lot. I hope you can feel it dear Marit. All my love to you and your beloved and your community.

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  4. Magical Mystical Teacher says

    March 20, 2022 at 12:15 am

    Beautiful scene! But of course there would be a gull around to disturb the silence. Hahaha!

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  5. judie says

    March 20, 2022 at 2:07 pm

    Love this haiku. It takes me right there to the scene. I can see it. Hear it. Feel it.

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  6. A ShutterBug Explores says

    March 20, 2022 at 5:51 pm

    Lovely photo and wise words ~ gull shrieking could be us all at one time or other ~ Xo

    Wishing you lots of love and laughter in your days,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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