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Silver Platter

A silver platter
beautifully engraved
where rests a head

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Written May 19th, 2004

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  • SerenityNChains gold member
    May 19, 2004
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    excellent

    my friend...what a very well written and intelligent Haiku...i adore Haiku...well done as always and i look forward to more by you...blessed be
    ~~Serenity~~


  • Naughtygrlred
    May 19, 2004
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    is that what you eat off


  • Andrew Wiggin
    May 19, 2004
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    finally someone else doing another title. thank you! This is a nice hiaku with a very interesting, yet subtle message. I really liked this. Thanks for entering!


  • Maatkara gold member
    May 19, 2004
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    Beautifully inscribed, Tahutihotep! This is, technically, a senryu. John the Baptist is the first image (from which the expression arose). Karma must be met...as Elijah, he had the fifty priests of Baal beheaded...
    ~ Ma'atkara