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Colour Blindness

We see only skin that protects the inner soul... like reading one's mind © Harry J Horsman 2012

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Ann Roske

Date: 4/27/2012 11:51:00 AM

strike true Harry! Have you thought about sending this to the Cypress festival?

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 4/16/2012 12:41:00 PM

Congratulations on your win in the wonderful contest Olajide sponsored "Color Blindness". You did yourself proud with your grand writing Harry. Love, Carol

Joyce Johnson

Date: 4/13/2012 2:20:00 PM

So true Harry.Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce

Olajide Adelana

Date: 4/13/2012 10:21:00 AM

Lots of meaning in such a few lines. Congratulation on Color Blindness contest.

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 4/9/2012 4:35:00 PM

This is profound and thought-provoking, though only a few words. Awesome one. Always, Laura

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/27/2012 9:40:00 PM

gosh, somehow I missed THIS one. You must have posted it right before I left for Iowa last week. This was a wonderful way to do the color blindness topic, harry. Good luck in the contest. (let me see if I missed any others since I've been gone)

M.I.A .

Date: 3/25/2012 7:36:00 PM

wonderful perspective here, love the last line. you close it with a sense of... something. LoL, it's a great poem if it can make me lose words ;)

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 3/24/2012 9:25:00 AM

This is really a wonderful senryu, harry! You definitely gave another meaning for color blindness! Deep write that I really enjoyed reading-- it's really great how you expressed so much in those 3 lines :)

Joann Grisetti

Date: 3/23/2012 6:16:00 PM

This is so true. good choice for the contest - best of luck.

Marty Owens

Date: 3/23/2012 10:36:00 AM

Harry...Very nice and truthful...enjoyed...Marty

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/22/2012 11:07:00 AM

Very creative for the contest..Good luck with this one...Reads like a winner to me..Sara

Sara Kendrick
Date: 3/22/2012 11:07:00 AM

Harry, Thanks for stopping by, reading, and taking time to comment about my work..Your comments were uplifting.. Sara

Željko Sitar

Date: 3/22/2012 10:43:00 AM

Very clever thought with deep meaning and interesting title. Bravo!

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 3/22/2012 10:18:00 AM

Yes Harry so true..Sometimes its easy to judge a girl by her dress or a man by his tie .. yet it would be wiser to dig deeper,Clever thought ,big message wrapped in little words-Charma

Caroline Cécile Delacroix

Date: 3/21/2012 6:55:00 PM

Interesting way of expressing a truth. Very creative! Thanks for sharing, Caroline.

Carrie Richards

Date: 3/21/2012 1:26:00 PM

Simply said, but meaningful and so true!

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 3/21/2012 11:54:00 AM

Wise words, Harry! This is such a clever way of saying, you can't judge the book by the cover. I love it. Blessings, Rhonda