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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:05 am Post subject:
brad2 wrote:
Lovely...need a picture to go with it then it is a haiga.
I have never seen a butterfly that large. Can you take a phicture sometime with something for comparison in size?
Will Flycatcher do?
Great Crested quite commonly.
Eat Spring Swallowtails.
brad2 wrote:
I love butterflies but I am panic stricken if a moth appears. I honestly get hysterical. I don't know why.
Actually it can be really hard to tell the difference. Many which look like one are the other. Butterflies rest with wings together and Moths with them flat. _________________
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:02 am Post subject:
Eve that is a fabulous photo. What a catch for the bird as well as the camera..
Yes I know the way moths rest but it's when they take flight that I go bonkers. I have tried to trace the feeling back but cannot tie it in with any event in childhood. It's just an ominous and immediate reaction.
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:29 pm Post subject:
brad2 wrote:
Yes I know the way moths rest but it's when they take flight that I go bonkers. I have tried to trace the feeling back but cannot tie it in with any event in childhood. It's just an ominous and immediate reaction.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:58 am Post subject:
Thanks gaginmark, but it's all pre Peter Sellers time.
I did not stir when the enemy planes appeared.. just stayed in my warm bed, but the moth sent me shrieking downtairs minus slippers and gas mask and flashlight...!!! It would be hilarious except for the horrendous heartpounding.
It must have been from a former life....but when?????
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:46 am Post subject:
Wynchan?
Seriously?
All I learned is that there should be seventeen syllables but the arrangement is loose as the writer wishes.
on the other hand waka is definitely
Five
Seven
Five
Seven
Seven
which should add up to 31 syllables.
the waka form is really interesting and gives the writer more leeway in describing his thoughts and you can give a more detailed meaning. It was used in courts between Emperor and Empress and they could say things in a sort of code which the bearer of the letter could not understand.
Those were the days when cell phones did not exist so communication was a written exercise. Much more personal I think but time consuming. Would not work in this twitterish age.
Even in the early twentieth century it was not unusual for husbands and wives or lovers to write many bon mots to one another during a day.
I received poems from my true love but not every day. It's rather nice.
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:53 am Post subject:
Wynter wrote:
i do not understand
the format of a haiku
which is varied here.
Missed post when abroad.
Wiki can always clear all
Like winters crisp sky.
Eve wrote:
Haiku is also about counting the syllables to a certain extent which can not be translated totally into English. But the usual formula is 17 syllables usually cut up in 3 lines.
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Eve that is a fabulous photo. What a catch for the bird as well as the camera..
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