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Histories

January 24, 2014
By PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
91 articles 18 photos 330 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."


The history of a nation
Is written on the faces of its people



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on Jan. 31 2014 at 7:49 pm
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
91 articles 18 photos 330 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

Thanks! Now I can write a REAL Haiku!

on Jan. 31 2014 at 11:38 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
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Favorite Quote:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn’t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out
The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay
If love produced a blossom/I’d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I’d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven
And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

Ahahahha yes, at first I had no idea either. In fact I still am somewhat divided as to whether the topics I choose to write in Haiku form are indeed meant to be written in it or not. But still, the bare minimum is the syllable  count I suppose. 5 in first line. 7 in second line. And 5 again in 3rd line. And there you have your Haiku ^_^

on Jan. 30 2014 at 7:06 pm
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
91 articles 18 photos 330 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

OKAY. HERE'S THE STORY: I really wanted to write a Haiku but I had no idea what the requirements were so I Googled it. Google then proceeded to give me the entire history of Haikus and Japan and cherry blossoms and I had no idea what to do with that information. SO, using the lump of tissue between my ears, I TRIED to "replicate" a Haiku. Aaaaand...I failed. But thanks for telling me! I wouldn't have known otherwise. I need to research harder. Andthanksforthecomplimentbytheway :)

on Jan. 30 2014 at 12:21 pm
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn’t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out
The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay
If love produced a blossom/I’d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I’d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven
And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

I don't see how this is a  Haiku unless you forcibly make people into five syllables which is not possible I think :P But anyway, It sure is a pretty cool poem man. I like the stark truth expressed boldly and the picture goes too ;)