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Haiku (as wild fires burn)

A nature haiku (4-6-5)

19 total reviews 
Comment from nancyjam
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This is a thoughtful Haiku about the many critters that are affected by forest fires. After a forest fire many animals are either killed or damaged.
the loss of trees is bad enough.
Nancy

 Comment Written 13-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 13-Mar-2025
    Thank you for your wonderful comments, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
Comment from teafor2
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Kahpot, everything about this presentation is imagery laden...Title, picture,
theme, tone and expressive sparsity all combined to remined me of the recent California fires...Colors and font create a sense of stark realism. teafor2

 Comment Written 13-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 13-Mar-2025
    Thank you, teafor2, for your very understanding comments, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
reply by teafor2 on 13-Mar-2025
    You are welcome. teafor2
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
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Excellent haiku poem. Good composition and theme. Beautiful presentation. I like the juxtaposition between roaring flames, silence, and screams.

Well done!

Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." -  Atticus

 Comment Written 13-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 13-Mar-2025
    Thank you for your wonderful comments, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
Comment from lyenochka
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I still remember those horrific fires you had in Australia a few years ago. And we had some terrible ones here on the West Coast and in Canada. Great job with your haiku and the striking contrast of the silencing of the fires with the screams of the dying animals. So much life lost!

 Comment Written 13-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 13-Mar-2025
    Thank you very much, yes, the fires in your country were horrific, as everywhere, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
Comment from Alexandra Trovato
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This is an excellent poem and photo presentation. Good colorful descriptions and imagery. I like the personification (flames silenced). I fell bad for the people and wildlife have no warning at all. It's horrible. thank you for sharing this. this. Alex

 Comment Written 13-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 13-Mar-2025
    Thank you, Alex, for your very understanding comments, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
reply by Alexandra Trovato on 13-Mar-2025
    You're welcome, as always, Kahpot!
Comment from Wendy G
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Yes, to me the horror of fires is that so many millions of vulnerabkle birds and animals suffer very painful deaths - or otherwsie starve to death because heir habitat has been destroyed. Well said.
Wendy

 Comment Written 13-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 13-Mar-2025
    Thank you, Wendy, yes, we have had a few, my home, Kangaroo
    Island, suffered great animal loses a few years back, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
Comment from Thomas Bowling
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It speaks of the tragedy that often is not thought about when a fire rages through the woods. You do an excellent job of bringing reality home to us. Great job thanks for an excellent job of writing a relevant haiku.

 Comment Written 12-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 13-Mar-2025
    Wow! Thank you so very much for your understanding comments and six stars, so very much appreciated****kahpot
Comment from mermaids
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I worry about the animals when I see the wild fires on the news. Your words give a voice to the animals that suffer and die in these fires. Excellent nature haiku that creates feelings and emotions.

 Comment Written 12-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 12-Mar-2025
    Thank you for your wonderful comments, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
Comment from Jesse James Doty
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Yes, we must say a prayer for the critters who die screaming while wildfires burn. Animals matter, too.
Without the creatures who live in forests, we wouldn't be alive today. I, for one, love nature's finest when it comes to trees and creatures who live harmoniously together without the worry of wildfires on their minds.
Let's care for and save the woods and all who live there.
Jesse



 Comment Written 12-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 12-Mar-2025
    Thank you, Jesse, yes, let us care and help those who cannot help themselves, as always very much appreciated****kahpot
reply by Jesse James Doty on 13-Mar-2025
    Taking care of each other is what life is about.
    Keep writing, my friend.
    Jesse
reply by the author on 13-Mar-2025
    Thank you, Jesse
Comment from jessizero
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This was a great 4-6-5 haiku! It was very upsetting, but you got your point across. I like that you used the word "critters." Thank you for sharing, and best wishes to you.

 Comment Written 12-Mar-2025


reply by the author on 12-Mar-2025
    Thank you very much, yes, unfortunately fires upset all it touches, as always very much appreciated****kahpot