Happy Friday and welcome to The Writer Next Door blog!
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Silk and Skin are this week’s prompt words chosen by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes.
Ron hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.
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Silkworm
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Give up your secrets
and end up like the silkworm
vanished in a tie
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Build your silky room
Choose your sheath to boil
or grow flightless wings
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Next time you feel like you have it bad, think of the poor silkworm.
How wonderful. lovely info too.
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Hello Hélène! Thank you. I’m happy you enjoyed it. 🙂
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with silk we built roads
between empires – now we fly
while the worm toils on
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So true––good one. 😀 xx
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Ya well, there’s that, eh? Gee whiz, just when you think there’s not another thing out there to boycott… Aw, having fun here, but seriously I love the analogy of our lives to that of the silk worm. Well played! Well played!
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I know, right? Silkworms don’t even exist in the wild anymore. They’re farmed. Oh well. Thank you, my friend! ❤
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Hi Vashti, love it, all about transformation. I’m back to blogging, I’d love if you visited my new site. 🙂
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Welcome back! I’ll be swinging by there soon. Thank you! 😀
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Thanks Vashti!
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Beautiful blog! I took a look around. I’m so glad you’re back. 😀 xx
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Great haiku and indeed you are right. Strange fate…
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Very strange and sad. Thank you, sweet lady. ❤
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Poor silk worms! What a life! Great poem though I enjoyed it…yes, it can always be worse:)
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Hi D.L! Don’t you just pity the poor little things? So sad. I hope they’re not aware of there miserable existence. I’m glad you liked the haiku. ❤
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Cool. I had to do a bunch of research into these guys for one of my books.
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It’s very interesting but so sad. I still don’t quite understand why they don’t eat. Ironically, people actually eat them. Ugh!
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heavens poor things
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Hi Michael! Yes, my heart goes out to them. Hopefully they’re unaware of their miserable lives.
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Poor little things. I guess being aware of a purpose may even make their demise more tragic. Great post as always, Vashti!
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Yes, you’re right, Soooz. Thank you! ❤
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Another wonderful piece, Vashti! Wishing you a lovely weekend. 🙂
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Aw, thank you, Natalie. You have a great weekend too! ❤
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Well, I’ve been enlightened about the life of silkworms. How awful! I guess they know no other existence, so maybe don’t know how bad things are for them. That’s a blessing.
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It sure is, my friend. I wouldn’t want to know. ❤
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A powerful Haiku, Vashti. You and Balroop should join forces and create an animal rights anthology. I’d be your first customer. Hugs to you, my friend ♥
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That sounds like a lovely idea, Tina. All living creatures are worthy of some consideration on our part. Thank you! ❤ Hugs & Kisses ❤
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Quite interesting! I definitely prefer being human with or without destruction of cocoon 🙂
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Hello Janice! Absolutely! Being human is a privilege. Thank you, I’m glad you found the post interesting. 😀 xx
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Loved this Vashti. ❤
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Aw, I’m so glad, Debby. Thank you! ❤
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There’s always someone who has it worse, huh? Shall we liken ourselves to worms? Or perhaps we already are.
Have a beautiful new week, Vashti. Hugs.
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Hello Teagan. No, we shouldn’t liken ourselves to worms. That certainly isn’t the point here. Happiness is so much about how we think. If we thought more about the things we are blessed with, instead of constantly wanting more of what we don’t have, we would live much happier lives. These worms don’t have that choice––we do. You have a wonderful week too. ❤
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Just another thing man exploits to the max. Very sad. Loved your Haiku. Great post.
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Hello Barbara! Yes, you’re right. I’m happy you like the poem. Thank you! 🙂
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Lovely haiku Vashti and beautiful tributes to one of the most abused members of the insect world.
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Thank you, Denis! I didn’t know their story until I did the research for this post. It’s sad.
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My wife spent 2 weeks at a textiles/dyeing workshop in the mountains NW of Tokyo 2 years ago and the farmhouse had a Silkworm factory in the ceiling so I found out all the horrible details when she returned.
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Oh wow, your wife must have been horrified.
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How did you get your blog to look so great.Any tips most welcome.
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Hi Joy! Thank you! WordPress gives you many templates to choose from and many are free. Then you can add your own touches with pictures and colors. I hope you’re having a fabulous day! 😀 xx
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Many thanks for the info.I must take a look when time permits.Have a wonderful weekend.
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