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Ladies - I challenge your chemo brains

aysemari
aysemari CSN Member Posts: 1,596 Member
in Breast Cancer #1
In the Japanese original a haiku consists of three lines, which together contain a maximum of
17 syllables - approximately the dimension of a breath. The syllable distribution is 5-7-5.
Rhymes dont play any role. It's easier than it sounds and I hope you will humor me.

So here's what I came up with. Let's have fun with this, I CAN'T wait!

As day turns to night
I count the hours and the smiles
days are long – years fly

Hugs,
Ayse
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  • skipper54
    skipper54 CSN Member Posts: 936 Member
    #2
    Wow, that's a challenge
    Rest seems illusive
    ALways much to do but tired
    Think I'll take a nap

    Best I can come up with for now. Maybe after the coffee kicks in.
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  • lizzie17
    lizzie17 CSN Member Posts: 548
    #3
    i love haiku
    I have a whole journal of haiku that I wrote the weeks following my mastectomy. Some funny, some very negative, and some just a reflection. Wish I could find it now!!!
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  • laughs_a_lot
    laughs_a_lot CSN Member Posts: 1,368 Member
    #4
    ok let's see
    When coffee I drink
    life begins to make more sense.
    Only God can fix this.
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  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 CSN Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #5
    laughs_a_lot said:

    ok let's see
    When coffee I drink
    life begins to make more sense.
    Only God can fix this.

    Fun!
    Darkness comes too soon
    Oh sweet day from restless night
    Sunrise welcomes me
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  • canoegirl
    canoegirl CSN Member Posts: 169
    #6
    OK, I'll give it a try
    Rain is pouring down
    Thunder, lightning, wind bends trees
    Morning will bring sun

    I've got tornado warnings where I live....hoping I don't wake up in OZ
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  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia CSN Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #7
    Life with Cancer
    Living in limbo
    Learning anew to prevail
    Survive then blossom
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  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 CSN Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #8
    CypressCynthia said:

    Life with Cancer
    Living in limbo
    Learning anew to prevail
    Survive then blossom

    Another one
    This game is real fun
    Makes my brain work very hard
    Love a challenge thanks
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  • waffle8
    waffle8 CSN Member Posts: 234
    #9
    Lighthouse_7 said:

    Another one
    This game is real fun
    Makes my brain work very hard
    Love a challenge thanks

    trying
    Chemo brain scrambled
    That is how I like my eggs
    Here's a "toast" to us
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  • LYaklin
    LYaklin CSN Member Posts: 16
    #10
    Survivor Guilt
    Hand outstretched in knowing friendship
    Her body wore down and gave out
    Again walking the path alone
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  • Mitzi333
    Mitzi333 CSN Member Posts: 511 Member
    #11
    LYaklin said:

    Survivor Guilt
    Hand outstretched in knowing friendship
    Her body wore down and gave out
    Again walking the path alone

    Thinking...
    As I lay awake thinking
    where next does this journey take me
    wondering, dreaming, praying and hoping
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  • skipper54
    skipper54 CSN Member Posts: 936 Member
    #12
    Here's another try, this can become an adicting challenge.

    Rain pours down again
    Thunder rumbles in the sky
    Cats all run and hide.


    THanks for helping us activate our chemo brains!
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  • Boppy_of_6
    Boppy_of_6 CSN Member Posts: 1,138
    #13
    skipper54 said:

    Here's another try, this can become an adicting challenge.

    Rain pours down again
    Thunder rumbles in the sky
    Cats all run and hide.


    THanks for helping us activate our chemo brains!

    Let me try
    Rain please come here soon
    Fires are burning all over my state
    Winds calm rain come down
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  • chenheart
    chenheart CSN Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #14
    Kindred Spirits fill
    My
    Kindred Spirits fill
    My heart with hope and wonder
    Making scared days brave
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  • laughs_a_lot
    laughs_a_lot CSN Member Posts: 1,368 Member
    #15
    once more
    I am sure of this,
    We are coping as a bunch
    building friends so true
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  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia CSN Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #16
    One more
    When the indigo buntings arrive every year, I feel like my spirit just soars. And they're back!

    Indigo Buntings
    Azure jewels of the garden
    Spring, my Hope, returns
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  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia CSN Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #17
    One more
    When the indigo buntings arrive every year, I feel like my spirit just soars. And they're back!

    Indigo Buntings
    Azure jewels of the garden
    Spring, my Hope, returns
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  • skipper54
    skipper54 CSN Member Posts: 936 Member
    #18
    CypressCynthia said:

    One more
    When the indigo buntings arrive every year, I feel like my spirit just soars. And they're back!

    Indigo Buntings
    Azure jewels of the garden
    Spring, my Hope, returns

    Can you tell who's not sleeping?
    While my brain won't sleep it keeps coming back to your challenge.


    Much uncertainty!
    Love, support, trials many.
    Final VICTORY!



    Roller coaster ride,
    ups and downs abound for all.
    We ALL shall TRIUMPH!
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  • natly15
    natly15 CSN Member Posts: 1,941
    #19
    skipper54 said:

    Can you tell who's not sleeping?
    While my brain won't sleep it keeps coming back to your challenge.


    Much uncertainty!
    Love, support, trials many.
    Final VICTORY!



    Roller coaster ride,
    ups and downs abound for all.
    We ALL shall TRIUMPH!

    Diagnosis Sad
    Diagnosis sad
    I'm a fighter wait and see
    Prognosis makes glad
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  • natly15
    natly15 CSN Member Posts: 1,941
    #20
    natly15 said:

    Diagnosis Sad
    Diagnosis sad
    I'm a fighter wait and see
    Prognosis makes glad

    Life is short so live
    Days
    Life is short so live
    Days may drag or so it seems
    Breathe the air today
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  • natly15
    natly15 CSN Member Posts: 1,941
    #21
    natly15 said:

    Diagnosis Sad
    Diagnosis sad
    I'm a fighter wait and see
    Prognosis makes glad

    Life is short so live Days
    double post
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