Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as inspiration.
Senryu
the moon hogs the view
earth waits its turn in the back
typical little sibling
⌘ ⌘ ⌘
Haiku
airless, silent curve ….
one fragile blue eye watching
from the dark above
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This is “2001: A Space Odyssey docking station sequence – Blue Danube”
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Love both the poems sis.
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Grazie cara sorella 🥰
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You’re welcome dear sister
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Lovely music/video and a lovely SenHai my friend
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Thank you, dear Ivor. I couldn’t resist the sumptuous sounds of Strauss! 💙🎶
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🥰🌏🎶
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What beautiful micro poetry Nance -I think your best especially your senryű 👏 and great track from brilliant film 🙌
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Thanks very much, Ange. Classical pieces such as this will always be epic. 🎶💙
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I love ’em both, but as the younger sibling, related to the senhai, especially. That’s me, watching older brothers have all the adventures!
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I year ya, Liz. It’s not easy being the youngest …. and I only have one sister!
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senhailicious
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Thanks very much, Ron.
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Delightful, Nancy, especially your Senryu.
Thanks for featuring one of my favourite pieces of music. It’s what inspired me to take a trip down the Danube a few years ago – but not into space!.
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This music touches my soul also, and I second your feelings about not traveling into space! Thanks much, dear Keith.
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2001: A Space Odyssey was so confusing to watch because Stanley Kubrick intentionally rejected traditional, character-driven storytelling in favor of a visual and emotional experience.
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Thanks, Jim. I never really thought about that. I loved watching 2001; I remember when we saw the movie in 1968, we sat very close to the front of the theater. It was incredible, the images and music awesome, almost overwhelming, like a religious experience. It was quite a memorable which I still remember vividly almost 60 years later.
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That is odd, because it baffled most audiences and polarized critics with its extremely slow pacing, sparse dialogue, lack of traditional exposition, and an abstract, psychedelic ending that left viewers questioning its meaning.
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Guess I’m just an oddball!
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