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Winter Splendor

Winter snow and roses

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Comment from kiwigirl2821
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Hi Amada. I love the premise of this one. White snow blanketing the earth getting ready for the red roses to grow. There is so much image and impressions in this one. Good luck in your contest. xoxo Kiwi

 Comment Written 03-Mar-2020

reply by the author on 03-Mar-2020
    I celebrate your words here, dar kiwigirl, it took me some time to put them together...I hope they flourish!
Comment from BeasPeas
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This is a nice haiku for the contest. We thing of the snow blanketing, protecting the roses that are now in hibernation. Your piece reads smoothly and is well described. Marilyn

 Comment Written 03-Mar-2020

reply by the author on 03-Mar-2020
    Thank you Marilyn about your great comments about my snowflakes haiju.
Comment from KyColonel Randal
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Thank you for sharing this haiku. It has the traditional 5-7-5 syllable count, although a hippie professor recently told me that good English haiku (implying mine wasn't) doesn't follow the 5-7-5 format. What does he know; that wasn't what we were taught in school, right? Anyways the only suggestion I can think of is to, especially since this is a contest, include an illustration with your poem. Good luck with your contest entry!

 Comment Written 03-Mar-2020

reply by the author on 03-Mar-2020
    Oh to those old but savvy professors. We try to learn, but...I have my own little story, a couple of years ago, here in fanstory was a haiku and all its derivates professor, Alvin Ellington. He recommended not to use graphics in hailu, senru, etc. he said that our words should "paint" the picture. I woulk like to know what you think about this thought.
reply by KyColonel Randal on 03-Mar-2020
    Perhaps this might be true, but if you are entering a contest, you want to do whatever will make people vote for your poem. I would confidently bet the poems with pictures get more votes on average that those without...animated gifs are even better. I had a friend on here who has passed away but used to create the most splendid animated gifs to go with his contest entries. He won...a lot...
reply by the author on 03-Mar-2020
    I see your point of view...I will try to find some snow there in fanstor pictures, even when i am not very versatile in this computer enhancements. I am from the old school.
Comment from Gert sherwood
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Hello amada
Nice to see you back on fanstory
I liked your entry for the haiku contest
Smiles to this line (I love roses)
'nurtures earth for red roses'
Gert

 Comment Written 03-Mar-2020

reply by the author on 03-Mar-2020
    Thank you for your gracious words, Gert. I am coming to FS often, I have a special computer for my eyes impairment. i so value words of encouragement to my writing.
reply by Gert sherwood on 03-Mar-2020
    You are so welcome amada
    Gert
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
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I enjoyed your contest entry. Good job with the prompt. Your words flow well with great imagery. I could 'see' this as I read it. Thanks for sharing and best wishes. Respectfully, Jan

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 Comment Written 03-Mar-2020

reply by the author on 03-Mar-2020
    Thank you Jan for "seeing' my words. What a great compliment!