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Plucking Petals

plucking petals
of a dandelion—
child laughter


Copyright March, 2015
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
a child laughs Revised for Poetry Soup Member Contest: Three Line Verse
Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi

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Poet Destroyer A

March 18, 2015 at 11:43 PM

Congrats on the wonderful win...PD

Skat A

March 18, 2015 at 11:06 PM

DANE, CONGRATULATIONS, on your 3-line win :) ~SKAT~

Andrea Dietrich

March 18, 2015 at 1:57 PM

awesome to see it on the list now. Congrats!!

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

March 18, 2015 at 3:02 PM

I appreciated your earlier comment very much. It helped me decide to resubmit a revised versiion. I am so happy to place in Debbie's contest because I know she seeks perfection. And thank you, now, for your congratulations. Big Smiles.

Paul Callus

March 18, 2015 at 11:22 AM

Lovely image you paint here, Dane Ann; I suppose most of us can relate to it:) Congrats on a fine win. All the best. // paul

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

March 18, 2015 at 3:00 PM

Yes, Paul. Plucking petals was a way for young girls and boys,to find out what their future in love would be with those famous words, "He loves me; he loves me not." I do believe that some of the youngest of boys took off running if it ended up on , "He loves me" LOL Thank you for the congratulations. I am glad you enjoyed my short tribute to a special time of childhood. Big Smiles, Dane Ann

Debbie Guzzi

March 17, 2015 at 8:16 PM

Thanks Dane Ann so nice to hear from you! Congratulations on your win. Light & Love

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

March 18, 2015 at 2:55 PM

Thanks, Debbie for being you. And for teaching me more about haiku. I am so glad that you enjoyed my haiku, "plucking petals" It was fun...then, ... and now, writing about it.

Jan Allison

March 17, 2015 at 6:03 PM

beautifully penned Dane Ann many congrats:-) hugs jan xx

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

March 17, 2015 at 3:24 AM

The poem is a revised version of a child laughs, which was not a haiku. I hope this one is. I have submitted this revised version to Debbie's 3 line contest. I forgot to submit a child laughs to her Traditional Haiku contest. The original (non-haiku) poem has been reposted and is called a child laughs. I hope this one is a haiku...still learning!

Andrea Dietrich

March 15, 2015 at 6:35 PM

this is so cool!! You entered it and it did not place? I think it is neat how the petals might turn out to be fluff!!

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

March 15, 2015 at 8:41 PM

I think I will enter it in her 3 line contest. I hope she likes it.

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

March 15, 2015 at 8:34 PM

Thannk you for pointing this out, Andrea. I went back to look and see what was happened. When I checked my member Contest Entries, neither the contest nor the poem were listed. So, I guess the flake in me had a field day on the day I wrote this sweet poem. I must have forgotten to enter it into her contest. SAD, but at least it wasn't judged as BAD! LOL I also recently wrote one for one of her contests and finished it too late. Yikes! I hope she can forgive my lacking.

Njeri Hunjeri

March 10, 2015 at 5:14 AM

Lol i remember doing that a long time ago. All the best in the contest.

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

March 15, 2015 at 8:36 PM

Thank you for your comment. Can you believe that I absent mindedly forgot to ENTER the contest. YIKES...I must have way to much going on these days. The spring gardening will help. I always feel so peaceful in the garden. That is where I do a lot of my thinking and planning.

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