A fine line
between freedom and failure
Stillness across glass,
Surface tension, like magic–
Skating on water.
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Written for the Quadru-haiku challenge.
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Comments (13)
Sounds fun and magical. Great image.
I love the way your last lines always give me a double take. Awesome!!
Excellent. Beautiful...
Heather Hubler Keep up the good work! 💌😉 like magic skating on water ✨ great line❗❗❗
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So beautiful!!
Superb!!!💕💖😊
Nice, Love the cover picture as well . 👌
Oh - So Clever!
Love It ❤️ Second line "Surface tension -like magic" Excellent! Well done!
Whoaaaa! Surface tension! This is so cool!
This is so cool. Love the words and the pic. Poor bugger looks he's just learning to skate. lol
Another good one, maybe another Top Story as well 😍
So gorgeous! Love the italicized “magic” 😍 … also… (I notice things like this) LOVE the triple “s” stress in the first line… soft and lovely :)
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