I don’t know why I wait for the Sun. It rises anyway and never says a word.
There must be something wrong with this. Why hope the morning’s newness breaks so I can know what’s really true? Why hope this beauty sets once it has finally risen?
WAVES DISTURB THE BEACH
SEAGULLS WATCH THE MORNING WAVES
LOOK! WE’RE DOING THIS
Written for dVerse Haibun Monday Ekphrasis and Haiga hosted by Björn Rudberg. Photo: “Birds and Sunrise” by the author.
Such a lovely sight and muse for your haibun Frank ~ I believe we wait for it because it never grows old for me ~ Sunrise and sunsets are a treat ~
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Thank you!
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Enjoyed your Haibun Frank. Great question…..I so love the rising sun.
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Thanks!
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Love your haibun, and the message it sends.
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Thank you!
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Why indeed.. but there is comfort in waiting for the familiar. Just maybe we need that… the predictable rather than surprises.
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Yes. I’ll wait for it as long as I am able. Thank you!
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One of life’s great imponderables, why human nature longs for anything, since there’s always another longing waiting for when we reach the first one. The gulls have the right idea, watching, waiting, and taking advantage of what’s there without waiting for something better to come along. Great food for thought in this one, Frank.
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Those seagulls amazed me that morning. They were all lined up as the sun rose. I enjoyed them as much as the Sun. Thanks!
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I love sea gulls. They line up like that here along the rail of the pontoon on the river. Not sure why. Just curious about what the humans are doing maybe.
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It occurred to me, if I brought bread crumbs they would stop watching the Sun and the waves, but then I wouldn’t get that picture of them all lined up. Of course, a picture of seagulls going bananas in the sky with the rising Sun in the background might have also been nice.
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Because we keep hoping that the new dawn will wash us clean and enable us to start afresh? That night makes the bad things in our personal baggage go away? Because humans are pattern-making and metaphor-building machines?
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Sometimes I want to figure things out more than they need to be figured out. But figuring them out might spoil their beauty and I probably would have figured them out wrong anyway. Thanks! I always enjoy a sunrise even when I don’t know why I am there enjoying it.
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I find it difficult identifying one single line that impressed me most. The last line of the haiku had me laughing in delight though.
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Thank you! The last line of the haiku was my favorite also. All the whining I was doing before that resolved itself (or hopefully it did) in that line.
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A lovely haibun Frank and I love watching the sunrise – her message is always beyond words.
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I agree. Her message is beyond words. Thank you!
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Had to chuckle. Loved the photo. Is it yours? Had to read it twice. I think it’s the tranquility a poet may need for inspiration.
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Yes, it’s my own photo using a Samsung phone. I cropped it to emphasize those birds and give just a hint of the Sun.
The second paragraph is too cryptic. If I use this elsewhere I will modify that part since it did not have the effect (even on myself) that I originally intended. That second paragraph was supposed to negate the whining in the first paragraph, but it was not clear.
There is humor is listening to someone whine about a beautiful sunrise, especially with all those seagulls enjoying it. Thank you!
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Lovely and it made me wonder. If the sun rises on an empty beach and no-one sees it doers it still rise?
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Those birds will probably see it. Thanks!
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This is romantic in a strange way. Love the opening and your humor. Your picture was nice. Thanks for listing me in your writes! You have 2 I will have to look closer at. Big hug!
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Thanks, Bekkie! When I saw those birds lining up and facing the sunrise, I was surprised. Looking forward to the new pictures on Saturday’s Image Writes.
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Thank you Frank they’re up.
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those birds seem to be thinking the same thing!
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If I were one of those birds, I’d be wondering the same thing. Thanks!
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…and each sunrise is new all over again. Thanks for reminding me!
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Those sunrises never end, or I hope they aren’t going to end any time soon. Thanks!
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I enjoyed the contemplation in this haibun. I suppose if we are still waiting for those sunrises and sunsets, we are still appreciating them and that’s always a good thing.
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I don’t think some of us will ever stop waiting for them. This must be a major event for those seagulls every day.
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