Haiku & Photo Art

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Fleeting memories,

Building castles in the sand,

Smell of sun tan oil.

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Colored umbrellas,

Wet seashells in my pocket,

Salty ocean breeze.

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Pizza and soda,

Surfers looking for “the” wave,

Orange and pink sunset.

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Kids laugh, lovers smile,

Beach life offers brief reprieve,

Fleeting memories.

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Now that I’m out of “story mode,” I wanted to try something different with images. This is another combo piece – a photo that I took at the beach melded with a (somewhat) transparent illustration.

I did several versions of the image and I’m not sure I selected the best, but I think that the “ghostly” woman pairs well with the haiku. I added blur to the initial piece and I hope it didn’t cause too much pixilation… so don’t zoom in… haha!

The haiku was written for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge: Smile & Life. It’s the first time that I’ve ever written one with more than three lines, and I have to say that I rather enjoyed it. Maybe some rules were broken, I don’t know. But that’s what beach life is like.

Anyway, it was fun to sit back and think of what you see and hear at the beach. I could have gone on forever, but… I think I covered most of the good stuff.

That’s about all for now.

Thank you for reading, or viewing… I hope you enjoyed something here!

Until later,
-Janet