The current theme at Pure Haiku is Disintegrate,
and my haiku is featured today.Other responses can be seen by clicking here.
compassion absent
during both good times and bad
friendship collapses
ยฉ Ken Gierke 2019
With haiku and tanka offering an opportunity for subtlety in such few words, I find myself focusing more on Japanese poetry, lately.
This haiku is part of our theme of Disintegrate.
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Marvelous work, Ken. Congratulations!
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Thank you, Ron. And thank you!
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Congratulations, Ken. So true.
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Thank you, Merril. Sometimes, it’s unavoidable.
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Amen to that!
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11-7 has to be a winner since the 11th of July is my birthday. ๐
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Good one…congrats!
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Thanks! ๐
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Congratulations, Ken. Sounds about right. Friendships are not indestructible…
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Thank you, Lisa. Agreed.
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You are welcome, Ken.
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A painful truth. Beautiful writing.
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Thank you, Claudia.
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