I don’t get the furore over the Fifty Shades Trilogy. Everyone’s literally got their knickers in a twist trying to get tickets to the cinema for the latest offering!
Me, I read the books- and I must say- my imagination did the trick. I’ve no desire to see the film.
It’s why I read; my mind paints vivid images from words on paper.
It’s why I write; a movie plays in my head before I pick up a pen.
There’s never a time when a bleak description in a book hasn’t translated itself into a wondrous mystery in my mind.
across gray vistas
bleak clouds float- unruffled
an owl bursts through
©Vivian Zems
Björn hosts Haibun Monday at dVerse with the word ‘gray’- with all its connotations. We incorporate ‘gray’ in a haibun exploring it in any which way we choose.
February 19, 2018 at 8:47 pm
simply creative!!!
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February 19, 2018 at 10:03 pm
Thanks Mihran😊
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February 19, 2018 at 8:49 pm
Does this mean 50 shades of Viv is in the works hmmmmmm lol..
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February 19, 2018 at 10:02 pm
Lol! Indeed😂. Thanks for stopping by!
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February 19, 2018 at 8:51 pm
Ha.. yes imagination is better than films… so vivid…
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February 19, 2018 at 10:01 pm
Exactly! 😊
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February 19, 2018 at 9:00 pm
I totally get you! I’ll choose participatory reading over the sensory overload of cinema any day!
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February 19, 2018 at 10:01 pm
True that!😊
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February 19, 2018 at 9:16 pm
Love that haiku.
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February 19, 2018 at 9:59 pm
Thank you!😊
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February 19, 2018 at 9:16 pm
Bleakness does seem to hide a story of how the bleakness will be transformed.
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February 19, 2018 at 9:58 pm
There’s always a story hiding somewhere
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February 19, 2018 at 9:19 pm
That is a gorgeous haiku, Viv!
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February 19, 2018 at 9:53 pm
Thanks Kim!
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February 19, 2018 at 9:50 pm
The haiku is outstanding Viv. I too have quite an imagination when I write and read. I lose myself in words. That book caused such a fuss and it is still going on. The things people get obsessed with, hey? The haiku was worth the price of admission to this artful haibun.
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February 20, 2018 at 12:58 am
Thanks, Toni 🙂 I’m so glad you liked it. Such a fuss for sure. Having said that, the author (can’t remember her name) is laughing all the way to the bank!
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February 19, 2018 at 10:39 pm
Fifty shades of wonderful here!
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February 20, 2018 at 12:37 am
Tee-hee!! Thank you 🙂
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February 19, 2018 at 10:41 pm
Wow- I felt the wind from the owl’s wings. Nicely done Viv.
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February 20, 2018 at 12:32 am
Thank you, Linda 🙂
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February 20, 2018 at 2:24 am
The haiku imagery is stunning. I tried to get through the first book of shades grey and was just way too creeped out! With that said, I wouldn’t see that movie but I do love a well done movie – but the books are always better.
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February 20, 2018 at 6:36 pm
Books tend to be better than the movies cos our brains are of a better quality in reflecting scenes😂
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February 20, 2018 at 4:01 am
Great job Vivian… Perhaps they should call your movie Fifty Shades of my Imagination!
Dwight
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February 20, 2018 at 7:54 am
hahaha! Thanks, Dwight! That would be a sizzler indeed! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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February 20, 2018 at 6:29 am
The haiku took my breath away! Job well done Vivian!
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February 20, 2018 at 6:34 pm
Thank you!😊
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February 20, 2018 at 4:09 pm
More owls! They seem to have got into everyone’s creations. Lovely haiku, Vivian!
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February 20, 2018 at 6:28 pm
Thanks Jane!😊
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February 20, 2018 at 8:30 pm
🙂
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February 20, 2018 at 6:07 pm
It never ceases to amaze me how we visulaise words and what we can see. Love the Hai-koooooo 😉
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February 20, 2018 at 6:27 pm
Thank youuuuuuu!😊
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February 21, 2018 at 12:33 am
i admire how you take something and make it your own, the transition from talk about a movie title and how you can be inspired to write about something deeper, well penned Vivian.
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February 21, 2018 at 8:52 am
Thank you…I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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February 21, 2018 at 5:15 pm
Beautiful haiku on owl’s wings! (“meh” to the book and movie…I didn’t bother, reviews more than enough).
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February 21, 2018 at 7:57 pm
Thank you😊….and I’m glad I’m not the only one. Too much hype! ( but kudos to the author for topping up her bank balance! 😂)
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February 22, 2018 at 8:49 pm
I didn’t read them so I don’t know what I missed. I only realised the other day when taking a class for a colleague that there are so many books I have yet to read, I think I need more time and less work. XX
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February 22, 2018 at 8:56 pm
Give this one a miss…..trust me☺
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February 22, 2018 at 9:29 pm
chortle…XX
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February 23, 2018 at 7:06 pm
😊
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