Haiku Friday – Tears & Wine

11 Sep

Hello and welcome once more to Haiku Friday! Today’s prompt words from RonovanWrites Weekly Poetry Prompt Challenge  are Tears and Wine.

 

These words reminded me of an experience I had the year my first book was released. I was celebrating the release of The Basement with friends. We were drinking wine and one of my friends decided to toast to my future as a writer. What she said moved me to tears and one of my tears fell into my glass of wine. I announced to everyone what had happened and was ready to toss the wine when my friend asked, ‘Are those happy tears?’ Of course I said yes. So she waved her hand and said, ‘Then it’s all good.’ I drank the wine after that.

Hopefully you’re still awake and I haven’t lost you after that story.

Anyway, that was the inspiration for my haiku this week.

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Happy Tears

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Happy Tears

by Vashti Quiroz-Vega

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Flow down my lilt face

Happy tear sweetened my wine

Touched by dulcet words

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Have a great weekend, everyone! ♥

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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37 Responses to “Haiku Friday – Tears & Wine”

  1. Olga September 11, 2015 at 2:24 pm #

    Wonderful story and lovely haiku.

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  2. olganm September 11, 2015 at 2:33 pm #

    Beautiful images and haiku. May we all have plenty of those tears…:)

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  3. Greg September 11, 2015 at 4:03 pm #

    The backstory absolutely makes the haiku superb!

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  4. tjparis September 11, 2015 at 5:51 pm #

    A lovely lead in to a beautiful haiku. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. ☺

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  5. Steve September 11, 2015 at 6:07 pm #

    Thank you for sharing a very wonderful memory and you expressed it in a beautiful haiku.

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  6. 1stpeaksteve September 12, 2015 at 12:37 am #

    I recently changed jobs and my former employer held a going away party for me. To be honest, I never felt the fit was there like the employer before but when I saw the decorations and how people spoke about me…Well, it made clear that I did have more of an impact than I realized.

    So that made your backstory pretty cool. It is a great honor to have people say great things about you or your actions. It affirms that you are on the right path.

    Have a good weekend!

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega September 14, 2015 at 3:37 pm #

      Hello Steve! What a wonderful realization you had. You’re right, it’s wonderful when people you love, admire, care about . . . wish you well. It feels good and it does encourage you to move forward. 😀

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  7. Meredith September 12, 2015 at 10:01 am #

    Happy story told again in haiku.

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega September 14, 2015 at 3:42 pm #

      Thank you Meredith! It still makes me happy to think about that 1st release party. I can’t wait for my next one. 🙂

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  8. Elizabeth September 12, 2015 at 11:23 am #

    Hi Vashti, love your story and the haiku, for sure your tear made the wine sweet. Have a great weekend. Hugs to you!

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega September 14, 2015 at 3:43 pm #

      Hi Elizabeth! Thank you so much––you’re sweet! Have a great week! Hugs&Kisses ❤

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  9. stacilys September 12, 2015 at 1:25 pm #

    Wonderful story and beautiful haiku Vashti.
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  10. the secret keeper September 13, 2015 at 2:37 am #

    A perfect story. I have a vague memory of tears and wine. But I hadn’t heard your story before. Fascinating. Loved story and Haiku. Isn’t it great to have the gift to write. jk 😀

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega September 14, 2015 at 4:01 pm #

      Thank you my friend. I’m so touched by how sweet all my online friends are. I wish someday we could meet in person. I’d love to hear what your tears and wine memory is. The gift of writing is an amazing one and I’m so thankful that I can do this and that I’m friends with so many other talented writers. 😀 xx

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  11. ratnibbles September 13, 2015 at 3:28 am #

    Sweetness! Beautiful choice of words. Loved it, Vashti!

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  12. Ruby Manchanda September 13, 2015 at 5:48 am #

    Happu tears are always welcome and more precious.
    Lovely haiku

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  13. edwinasepisodes September 13, 2015 at 12:07 pm #

    Touching story, and a lovely Haiku Vashti 🙂

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  14. Marje @ Kyrosmagica September 13, 2015 at 2:30 pm #

    Lovely happy tears, Vashti, very nice. 😉

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  15. denis1950 September 13, 2015 at 9:58 pm #

    wonderful haiku being connected to a special memory

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  16. JESS44903 September 14, 2015 at 10:10 pm #

    Great as always. 🙂

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

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  17. Sunni Morris September 16, 2015 at 12:49 am #

    Thanks for sharing that touching story. Of course no one fell asleep reading it. Happy memories are a good thing and should be used as inspiration for writing.

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  18. Julie September 17, 2015 at 11:03 am #

    Aww this is so sweet – Happy Tears!
    Thanks so much for joining and sharing this at Cooking and Crafting with J & J.
    Julie xo

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    • Vashti Quiroz-Vega September 17, 2015 at 3:25 pm #

      Hi Julie! Thank you! It’s always a pleasure sharing with you guys. 😀 xx

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