Highs and Lows. #Haibun.

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Highs and lows. #Haibun

Written for the first meeting of poets and writers at the bar for # Dverse.

https://dversepoets.com/2022/01/03/dverse-haibun-monday-celebration/

               Early December came with two pieces of news. First my 85-year-old aunt passed then I tested positive. Are we ever going to learn how to live with covid? It is not going anywhere. It is going to hang around like the common cold and the flu. My aunt’s funeral is still a week away as we wait for her middle son to get back into the country as he lives abroad. It will be good to see my cousin for the second time in ten years. But it should not have taken the death of his parents to see him. I have missed him.

               My ten-day isolation was spent reworking some of my scribblings. Some successful some not. My first novel was not added to but my open mic folder was refilled and tidied up. Out of isolation was spent with a limited family circle. But I am now well enough to have enjoy being treated to a London show by my sisters.

               Bob Marley the musical was the highlight of my festive period (see it if you can). I came home seeing the show to find the decorations packed away and waiting for me to put them away. So now tomorrow work begins for 2022.  No more dancing in the aisles of a theatre that a treasured memory to share with my sisters.

Bob left his music

A lesson in peace and love

Will we ever learn.

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29 thoughts on “Highs and Lows. #Haibun.”

  2. These times are difficult to live through, but oddly provide more opportunities for introspection and growth. While I certainly do not enjoy it, I admit I celebrate the days when I am healthy and hale more than I ever have before. Cheers, may you find some things to celebrate, friend.

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  4. Rog, so much happened in your world over this holiday season. Very sorry to hear of your aunt’s passing. Glad you got through your bout of the virus exposure without too much trouble. Are you immune now since you were exposed? I wish I knew more about the immunity part. Glad you got to see your cousin and out to a show with your sisters. I’m imaging a Bob Marley show would leave you with lots of good cheer.

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  5. I’m so sorry for your loss. The holiday season can be so mixed and rough, and added in with Covid, it’s never easy to navigate. Love the way you wrote this piece; highs and lows indeed.

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  6. I like your haiku, but I am sorry about the passing of your aunt.
    I have COVID too. Quarantine is not fun.

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  8. I am so sorry for the loss of your aunt. Glad you made it through covid, and the Bob Marley musical sounds great! I hope one day we will learn…

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  10. I was struck by what you said about it taking a death to bring people together. I have felt the same way. We live our lives in isolation, ‘getting on with things’ but it’s very hard to ignore the social demands of family regrouping when someone dies. I’m not sure what it says about us, but it’s worth pondering upon.

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