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striking the matchstick
      that inspiration s p a r k e d   . . .
                  artists stoke their flames

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Krishnanand Guptar

May 7, 2026 at 1:02 AM

Congratulations, dear poetess on your win in this contest with a striking haiku on the flame of inspiration. Nice play on the word strike. Wishing you a "strikingy" day.

David Crandall

May 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM

Nice metaphor for a flash of inspiration

Howard Kerr

May 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM

Reasons to be cheerful, Andrea. I am of the opinion we both do. Fellow feelings makes us wondrous kind. Extraordinarily generous and so it should be. Forgive the rambling. Congratulations to you on this marvellous win, Howard

Terry Griffiths

May 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM

This is a cool form! Not sure if I'm missing something with the title though?

Andrea Dietrich

May 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM

Senryu also are not supposed to have titles but sometimes I like giving them titles . It's difficult to track my haiku and senryu with these numbers on them

Andrea Dietrich

May 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM

Oh everything I write is for a contest. Brian gives his contests numbers for the title. Since haiku are not supposed to have titles, I just use the number name of Brian's contest

sara Etgen-Baker

May 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM

this is fabulous! well done & wishing you well

Sara Kendrick

May 3, 2026 at 5:32 AM

This one reads like a very good contender to me for the contest. Way to go. Thanks for sharing this inspiration with us. Sara K

Tahira Parveen

May 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM

Very true Andrea, Takecare

Howard Kerr

May 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM

Happy Sunday, Andrea. You have created a peerless work in an economy of words. A vastly superior senyru. Wishing you the best in every contest, Happy days and nights