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Joyfully sipping the picture with eyes, absorbing the blueness of the skies, I sit, humbly and quietly. Gazing into the distance, and then, in the tree crown towering above my yard. The gate is a portal leading to anotherness, a guard keeping our bliss within. High in the sky, birds fly their happy flights. Birds in the tree chirp lulling me into soft euphory. <\/em><\/p>\n

Blue and blissful sky
\nTrees \u2013 the home for sweet songs
\nBlossom petals floating.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a9 2023, soulmary<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m not even sure what I did is haibun by all its rules. But it was great fun trying to do this, and this has been my first attempt at this form. Check the original prompt<\/a> at the Poetic Bloomings blog and see what you can do with the prompt. Also, there are other very nice poems there to read.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joyfully sipping the picture with eyes, absorbing the blueness of the skies, I sit, humbly and quietly. Gazing into the distance, and then, in the tree crown towering above my yard. The gate is a portal leading to anotherness, a guard keeping our bliss within. High in the sky, birds fly their happy flights. 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