Out of the washbowl
I scoop up,
my distorted face
© Sumitaku Kenshin (1961-1987)
those concentric circles
move towards infinity
© G.s.k. ‘15
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Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #96 Sumitaku Kenshin’s out of the washbowl
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BTW, you’re up early too.
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sorry about the extra -e-,
Do you compliment you about that magnificent picture?
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Not to worry … I spent quite a while trying to find a decent photo or painting to go with this renga … I’m glad you enjoyed it … I wanted to put up credits … but the original site is for sale???
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LOL .. actually I’m up later than usual … I’m an early riser, which is why you rarely see me at night. Glad you enjoyed the image … we are all expanding you know 😉
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Lovely, Cara!! Times like this I kick myself for not having kept photos of wash basins like this (sigh). I`m so glad you are up early so I can always count on a few words before I’m well tucked in.
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I didn’t have one … I borrowed it from google, but the site doesn’t exist any more … sorry this morning I had some problems with the internet and had to update my antivirus …
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Yes I understood that but if you…we all would have filed all our photos of way back when…(sigh) oh hell, we’d need a warehouse to keep them all (chuckles)
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Ah … yes you’re right about that … on both counts 🙂
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Marvelous, yet again–and I love the image.
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Thanks … you’re so wonderful to me 🙂
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Welcome.
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Whew! At least the face is not moving toward infinity too!
My Tan Renga
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Ach … your’s would be more in tuned maybe with the original haiku …. I just figured after seeing my distorted face I’d put my hands in and make some waves 😉
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I feel like I watch the ripples in the wash bowl.. Like the pensive in Harry Potter..
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Hmmm …
scrying his future
looking through the ripples
he saw his love 🙂
© G.s.k. ‘15
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Love the image your words conjure up.
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Thanks .. so much.
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I like what you’ve done here 🙂
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Thanks … glad you do! 🙂
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🙂
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Beautiful
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Thanks!
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