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Benno's avatar

Lovely sequence Rasmus! Very nice flow and interactions amongst the lines!

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Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you kindly, Benno! I am glad that you enjoyed reading them:)

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Ellis Wiens's avatar

It was tough to pick but I think my favourites were: "dormant shadows shelter / the tired lasts breaths / of dying backwoods" and "old clockworks / moving defiantly / towards future days" Btw, the Emily Carr painting you featured caught my eye. Here in British Columbia we see her works in many exhibits. Great collection you've made here, and the pictures suited the vibes perfectly!

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Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thanks for reading and for the thoughtful comment Ellis! I am glad you enjoyed the collection and the choice of visuals. The style of Emily Carr intrigues me a lot. I don't think I've ever seen any of her paintings in person though.

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Danny Maldonado's avatar

This was cool. I could feel myself moving through the seasons, especially the summer section.

these two were my favorite:

white gardens

hide the colours

of spring.

dawn delayed—

the lingering sun

of yesterday.

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Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you kindly for reading, Danny! I am glad you enjoyed them and appreciate you highlighting your favorite ones:)

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Daniel V. Gaglio's avatar

Reading them all at once was so meditative. Thanks for sharing them!

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Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you for reading all of them, Daniel! I am glad you enjoyed them, and that you found there was a meditative quality to the collection!

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Jas Louis's avatar

This is truly excellent, congrats on creating such a lovely collection! Summer air was definitely a highlight, beautiful words.

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Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you for the kind words, Jas! It was a fun collection to write, and I definitely also feel that Summer Air stands out in the collection:)

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Joseph Coleman's avatar

Spring Light and Summer Air were standouts for me

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Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you, Joseph! Are they also your favorite seasons or os it just coincidental?

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Joseph Coleman's avatar

Nope, just judging on the strength of the poems. Or at least how I enjoyed them the most.

Here is Pennsylvania, autumn is the best season.

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Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

I've also found that autumn is the best season, no matter where I've found myself so far, actually:)

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

This is a lovely collection of seasonal haikus, Rasmus! Your words describe the emotions and changes of each season perfectly!

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Rasmus Rosenkrantz's avatar

Thank you kindly, Rea! It was a lot of fun to write. Oddly enough I felt like most of the haikus wrote themselves, but that's the beauty of the form I think. You don't really have to do much, but just observe and be concise with your words:)

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

That happens to me when I write poems, Rasmus. They write themselves. :)

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