Haiku: SWING

Posted on 2013-07-13 by merlinspielen

old tire and a tree
shape a thousand hours into
memories of joy.

Inspired by the word prompt “SWING” at

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34 thoughts on “Haiku: SWING”

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unfetteredbs on 2013-07-15 at 10:03 said:

you hit a sweet memory with this one Mr. Merlin.. nicely done. (and wow 64 plus likes?/) awesome

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-15 at 13:11 said:
  
  I know 64 is like super awesome for me – that is my second best LIKES number on any post I have ever made!
  
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  - unfetteredbs on 2013-07-15 at 13:48 said:
    
    You deserve that every time !!
    
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Reshma on 2013-07-14 at 22:36 said:

The joys found in simple things, beautifully brought out Merlin 🙂

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kaykuala on 2013-07-14 at 20:45 said:

Rightly so! Does not matter it being an old tire, it’s the joy that matters! Nicely merlin!

Hank

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 22:19 said:
  
  Thanks!
  
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McGuffy Ann on 2013-07-14 at 18:32 said:

Yes, we were on the same train of thought.

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 19:53 said:
  
  🙂
  
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J Cosmo Newbery on 2013-07-14 at 03:04 said:

Simple’s good.

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 09:31 said:
  
  Simple is all I know 🙂
  
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Ramesh Sood on 2013-07-14 at 00:26 said:

How beautiful..a tyre and a rope and a tree and there I go…wow!!! Excellent Haiku this…I enjoyed being here…and look forward to meet you in my space here:
http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2013/07/ah-swinging-childhoodhaiku.html#comment-form

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 09:30 said:
  
  Thanks! And a lovely haiku of your own!
  
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Write Girl on 2013-07-13 at 23:46 said:

Hours of delight! What a sweet haiku and image. Thanks for sharing.

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 09:29 said:
  
  Thanks for reading!
  
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Martha on 2013-07-13 at 22:54 said:

Thanks for the photo. We never had tire swings as kids, because my dad was more ambitious and put up a “proper” swing set. But whenever I’d see them, I’d picture people sitting through them (i.e., on the lower part), which didn’t look very comfortable. Suddenly another childhood mystery solved!

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 09:26 said:
  
  You can sit on a tire swing anyway that you think will work. Or stand. Or lie through the hole on your belly or your back…or shimmy up the the rope to the branch. Solo or in packs of kids. A tire swing isn’t just a sit-down and swing thing. It is a horse, a spaceship, a merry-go-round, and a doorway to summer imagination.
  
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cricketmuse on 2013-07-13 at 22:38 said:

Caught the essence of backyard, summer, and kids with this one. That was your intent, right? 🙂

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 09:23 said:
  
  Yep! Oh and swings 🙂
  
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on thehomefrontandbeyond on 2013-07-13 at 21:30 said:

Love your haiku but my sister does not have great memories of the tire swing we had when we were little–she fell of and it hit her in the mouth and she had to have stitches!

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-13 at 21:32 said:
  
  Yes there is that! I fell a few times myself and those tires are heavy. I even broke a finger. Still there were many happy hours of swinging and spinning and pretending! is that her only memory of the tire swing?
  
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  - on thehomefrontandbeyond on 2013-07-13 at 23:20 said:
    
    probably it is her last memory because she was pretty little and the tire swing was taken down after her accident–though we still had regular rope and wooden seat swings strung from a couple of trees in our backyard–and she and I both enjoyed swinging, so the spirit of your haiku was not lost at all
    
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  - merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 09:29 said:
    
    I’m glad to hear her swinging days didn’t just end there! Childhood is all about exploring risks and pushing boundaries – the secret is to learn to take it slow and experiment.
    
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  - on thehomefrontandbeyond on 2013-07-14 at 09:42 said:
    
    yeah, like kids slow down–I bet you didn’t and neither did I–I am now learning to slow down
    
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  - merlinspielen on 2013-07-14 at 19:52 said:
    
    They do – maybe not as much as we want them to slow down – but they do. Just that little half second extra thought of “oh the last time that hurt..let me do it differently.
    
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WabiSabi on 2013-07-13 at 21:28 said:

That’s all we needed for a thousand hours of delight! 🙂

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-13 at 21:29 said:
  
  It was indeed! Rain or Shine. Hot or Cold. Just flying on a tire swing with branches spinning shadows and light in to our eyes…ahhh
  
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wordcoaster on 2013-07-13 at 20:28 said:

So true! I have many fond memories of the tire swing in our yard that, after many years of good use, collapsed when the branch broke. (The dogwood tree was dying from blight.) Great haiku 🙂

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-13 at 21:06 said:
  
  Sad about the tree – yet still there is the memory! Had several tire swings over the years. At least one is still out there in the old woodlot. Old truck tire hanging from a heavy wire cable…been 20 years and still swinging. Which makes one aware just how long a tire lasts!
  
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siggiofmaine on 2013-07-13 at 15:36 said:

I see so many swings like this with well worn earth under the swing showing all the joy of childhood that has been had…thank you for the sweet memory..
Peace
Siggi

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-13 at 21:07 said:
  
  Yep so simple and such fun!
  
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Maggie Grace on 2013-07-13 at 15:34 said:

Delightful haiku!

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- merlinspielen on 2013-07-13 at 21:07 said:
  
  Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for reading
  
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ivonprefontaine on 2013-07-13 at 13:46 said:

Reblogged this on Teacher as Transformer and commented:
This is a follow up to yesterday’s re-blog and some reading of some articles today. Play makes it better humans. Enjoy.

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