Wary elders tread
probing pavement with their canes
Spring melt? or black ice!
Photo attribution: Tembela Bohle @ Pexels
Haiku #19
Wary elders tread
probing pavement with their canes
Spring melt? or black ice!
Photo attribution: Tembela Bohle @ Pexels
THE WOUND THAT HEALS 
As I look closely, oh boy … not sure … but your Haiku is perfect for the image … or should that be the other way around? 😉
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Yep, the haiku usually comes first and then a search for the photo begins. A beautiful picture may stimulate my imagination or memory…but never its exact details. In that case they provide a “landscape” for the poem. Thanks, Frank!
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Great picture. A good question to contemplate. Are we approaching black ice or the spring thaw?
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Always a dilemma for sure! My cane is my tester for proceeding. If the cane slips, it’s guaranteed I will too. Be safe out there waiting for ice to disappear.
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A perfect pairing of poetry and picture, Mary Jo! To be (walking confidently) or not to be (walking confidently), that is the question…
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Indeed! I found that picture at the eleventh hour, and it fit perfectly…a dreary Spring dusk or dawn with wet pavement or black ice? Thanks always, Dave.
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Beautiful Mary Jo! I hope Spring will arrive soon.
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Thank you, Filipa. Yes, please arrive in full, soon!
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🌼🌷🍀☀️
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That’s a cool combo!
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Thanks! It must convey the danger I often face in Spring. Never lasts long, thankfully. 🙂
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Very nice! With Neptune conjuncting the Sun, mist and mirages go hand in hand, just like your conjoining poem & photo.
PS: Been putting together a very stimulating presentation on Bosch’s painting in your honor for this Saturday’s post. Hopefully it resonates with you.
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Thanks, Jason! I’m intrigued, honored and eager for your Saturday offering, not to mention humbled. I better do my homework on Bosch! 🙂
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Actually, it may be more exciting if you engaged my post with fresh eyes, rather than reading up on Bosch before hand. Either way I have a good feeling you’ll enjoy my little extravaganza all the same! =)
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Agreed, no books. I was just going to closely study/observe the aspects of the painting you previously recommended.
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Not a nice dilemma to be in… just as well, Spring is round the corner! The image fits perfectly! Excellent haiku, my dear Mary Jo! xoxo
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Thank, dear Marina! 🤗🤗🤗
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❤️🙏
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Black ice is an archetypal metaphor for hidden treachery.
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I believe that is true, Liz!
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Oh that treacherous black ice. It can take you down like a black belt.
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Yes and just as quickly! Thanks, Tim.
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Mary Jo, your word/picture combos are so beautiful. It’s like the sum is greater than the parts kind of thing. And that black ice can hit when we least expect it. In all the ways. So good!
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Thank you, Kathy! I try to create images comprised of very few parts indeed. 😊
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Mary Jo, the special haiku which captures the wary hesitation perfectly … and I wonder if the gaps between words reflect the cautious steps! Whether with a cane or not, I think all should take care on the precarious stretch!
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Yes, thank you for noticing the extra spaces between the words, Annika! So appreciated. 🤗
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Your haiku and photo pair seamlessly. 👏🏻 Be safe, Mary Jo.
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Thank you, Sylvia! The temptation to take chances is great here in the North, after long winters being kept indoors.
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It’s hard to tell! A gloomy photo and great question. 🙂
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Hello, Diana! Yes, dangerously difficult. 🙂
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Ice is very scary, Mary Jo, and this poem brought visions of elderly people with canes trying not to slip on it. Very visual.
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