SIGH.fOR THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS A “magical widget,” and I had not the credentials or smarts to navigate the route apparently everybody else can. But I tried…
Haiku by Issa:
“Without you –
how vast
the cherry blossom grove”
My first halibun, and I had to look the word up on Wiki. Problem is, when I search
my mind and heart for a “you,” no one answers. May be no one ever had that
experience. The cherry trees are blossoming at this moment along the Hocking,
nearby, and I am a little sad, but it is night and cold and dark. Maybe the sun will
rise as promised, and I can be touched by beauty after all.
When cherry trees bloom
I know that the world is still
alive and lovely.
NANMYKEL.COM 
You linked up successfully Nan. Found your poem from the Dverse’s ”Mr Linky”. The sadness in your haibun is palpable.
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Thanks for looking — Grace got me signed in, without asking!
Nan
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Oh good! Loved your haibun. You did well for a first time, not knowing what it was about either. It’s a lovely form of poetry.
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Thank you. BTW, I still don’t knw how to read the submissions of others.
Nan
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To read other people’s work, go back to the Dverse site, in this case http://dversepoets.com/2016/03/28/haibun-monday-hanami/
Then click on the Mr Linky icon which will open a new tab called http://www.blenza.com. The names of the participants are listed. Click on the name of the person and it will take you to their site to read their work and comment on it. If you have any questions, you’re very welcome to ask. It takes a while these things.
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Bless you. Thanks!
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Pleasure Nan. Anything, anytime.
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I am both touched by beauty and sad at the same time also. I think I am inspired by this to write my haibun now, because I feel the melancholy here so deeply
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Hi. Team member Toni here from dVerse. I am sorry you had trouble connecting. This link is under the Mr. Linky so you are connected and linked to dVerse as I am reading this beautiful Haibun from you. I see that so far, no members of dVerse has visited you. Don’t give up hope! We all of us get to the haibun off and on during the week in between our other poetic and life endeavors. I truly enjoy that you express the still having hope – for that is what spring and renewal is truly about – hope. Thank you so much for writing to this prompt and I hope you will join us for other prompts!
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Sure will!
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Hi. I just saw where another team member, Grace, updated your link so it is accessible. I used to have this happen when I first began linking.but am not sure what I did to cause this. Our administrator, Bjorn, is away for a couple of weeks so you can ask him for help or ask Grace how she updated your link.
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Thanks for telling me how it happened…
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So glad I’m not the only one in history!
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I am looking forward to seeing that blooming as I am always touched by its beauty ~
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Thank you SO MUCH for helping me get on dVerse! I was totally frustrated and feeling foolish (which I was).
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LOL…if it can be done wrong on the computer, I’ve done it at least twice! Never feel foolish about such things 🙂
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This is lovely. Sad, yet full of longing and hope. I love the haiku you wrote.
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Thank you, George?
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Sometimes people visit one’s site only once you’ve commented on theirs. Not everybody is being good about commenting on all the participants’ sites. Just the way it goes. You’ll get the hang of it soon enough! Much love. Petru
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Nan, there will be an Open Link Night on Dverse on the 14th April when we can post any poem we like. It doesn’t have to be a particular form. I challenge you to join in. It’s ten days away so there’s plenty of time to make a poem, shape it and post it. What do you think? If you like I’ll talk you through the process again, but surely Grace will help to get you linked on as well.
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Thanks for letting me know. I;ll aim for it!
Nan
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Good! Working on mine, kind of.
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I really enjoyed the thoughts you shared in your first haibun. Hope you enjoyed writing it. 🙂
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Thanks so much. You seem to “understand.” Nan
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SMiLes.. mY friEnd..
oh.. thE iSsue oF sElf
awareness.. particUlarly
when the rest of the World’s
feeLinGs overwhelms aLL of one..
i used to feel thiS way too.. and evenTuaLLy
even lost the abiLITy to FeeL beauty or Love aT
aLL.. for 66 moNths..
but one sees .. i FeeL
noW
for sure
that magic
is rael.. now
or at least.. as
neuroplasticity
and epigenetics..
hehe.. as standing on
a beach at the end oF
July 2013.. iT aLL cAMe
roaRinG bacK oN wAve thaT
hasN’t.. and i have faiTh.. WiLL
neVer enD.. as Ocean.. i fOr NoW…
PhoEniX
riSinG
iS ReAl..:)
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