Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Lamentation Seven


No Afters Haiku

A Dinner Table at Night, 1884, John Singer Sargent

Foot presses on foot,
toe lifts her hemline. "Stop that!
I have a headache."

A disconsolate and discouraging response to Tess Kincaid's picture prompt for Magpie 129.  Let's hope John Singer Sargent was more persuasive and charming than the stuffed shirt in his picture,
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11 comments:

  1. Berowne8 August 2012 at 11:14

    Sorry; I can't be gloomy. Not with such an enjoyable haiku. :-)

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  2. Helen8 August 2012 at 15:31

    This is going to be one of my faves!!!!

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  3. Frances Garrood8 August 2012 at 22:28

    Great! I love the short witty ones!

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  4. Sue J9 August 2012 at 00:14

    This made me giggle :)

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  5. Little Nell9 August 2012 at 11:13

    She'd lost her sense of fun too. A witty take on the prompt.

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  6. Tess Kincaid9 August 2012 at 20:43

    Giggle!

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  7. 21 Wits10 August 2012 at 02:02

    Just look at her face, of course she has a headache! :)

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  8. Trellissimo10 August 2012 at 10:33

    Hahaha! Captured to perfection! :)

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  9. Anonymous10 August 2012 at 11:18

    Maybe he shouldn't have had that last glass of port. Her face says it all doesn't it?

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  10. Brian Miller11 August 2012 at 22:11

    dang it foiled by the head ache again...

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  11. Helena11 August 2012 at 22:54

    Hey! Hey! That was one of the best haiku's I've read from a prompt! Well done!

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I welcome your comments, the gloomier the better. I don't think there's much hope, but that doesn't mean I'm not interested in what you have to say. If you expect me to approve your comment before it appears, you're about to be disappointed. Never have understood why some hypersensitive bloggers need to see what others say before they allow the comment. Poor, sensitive wee souls.

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