Write one single haiku every day for a month.
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1st June :
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dreaming shepherdess –
a little lost lamb far from the flock  *
Nicolae Grigorescu
Ciobăniţa
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2nd June :
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failed mystery –
a hidden smile behind the moustache  *
Marcel Duchamp, 1919
La Joconde aux moustaches
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3rd June :
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the Good Samaritan –
carry with us the life burden  *
Eugène Delacroix, 1849
The Good Samaritan
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4th June :
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tenderness –
a purring cat in the old woman’s lap  *
August Allebé
Old woman by a hearth
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5th June :
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full moon-
shivering on the water a path of light  *
John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1880
Nightfall on the Thames
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6th June :
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sunset breeze –
the quiet rustling leaves of a solitary oak  *
Asher B. Durand, 1844
The Solitary Oak
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7th June :
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quiet sleep –
the dry tree stump in bloom  *
Photo : Virginia Popescu
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8th June :
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exotic taste –
simplicity of the genuine life  *
Paul Gauguin
Hail Mary, 1891
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9th June :
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thousand lightyears
between us – oh, my lonely star !  *
Pavel Volykhine
lonely star
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10th June :
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serenity –
beyond his closed eyes a whole universe  *
Paul Cézanne :
Head of an old man,1866
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11th June :
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silk dress –
a gentle touch of feminity  *
Gustav Klimt :
Lady with a fan,1917-18
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12th June :
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refresh rain –
a burning kiss under the umbrella  *
David G Paul :
Wet Kiss
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13th June :
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merciless time –
this terrible enemy of mankind  *
Francisco de Goya :
Saturn Devouring his Son,1820-23
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14th June :
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rustling trees –
round the table silence of time  *
Constantin Brancusi :
Table of silence,1938
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15th June :
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cheerful young peasant–
her clothes spread a fresh lavender fragrance  *
Nicolae Grigorescu :
Cheerful young peasant,1894
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16th June :
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praying hands-
the Gothic cathedral touching the sky  *
Albrecht Dürer :
Hands of the Apostle,1508
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17th June :
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young couple –
a summer trip to the dragon moon  *
Julie Fain :
Dragon moon
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18th June :
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Kiss of death –
Tatiana’s tombstone sign of an everlasting love  *
Constantin Brancusi :
the Kiss
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19th June :
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dark prison –
keys for the doors of heavenly light  *
Rembrandt :
St. Peter in prison, 1631
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20th June :
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bathing light –
hidden in trees the dryads  *
Frederic Edwin Church , 1877
El Rio de Luz, „The River of Light”
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21th June :
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symphony in blue –
sweet fragrance of irises  *
Vincent van Gogh
Irises, 1889
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22th June :
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sleeping muse –
a peaceful tune swings her dreams  *
Pablo Picasso :
The dream, 1932
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23th June :
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morning toilet –
her long black hair on her white shirt  *
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c.1907-1908.
The Toilette; Woman combing her hair
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24th June :
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absent-minded –
her vague look wandering in a dreaming land  *
Edouard Manet, 1869-1870
Repose (portrait of Berthe Morisot)
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25th June :
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up the hill
waiting for her grandchildren – home sweet home  *
De Scott Evans, 1883
Grandma’s Visitors
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26th June :
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a horse climbing
the sunny mountain – straight lines and curves  *
Kandinsky, 1923
On White II
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27th June :
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enigmatic portrait –
the pearls of the necklace painted in small details  *
Hans Baldung, 1530
Portrait of a Lady
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28th June :
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the two sides of life –
love and quarrel joke and sadness  *
Vladimir Kush :
Always Together
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29th June :
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between two folds
of the white dress – a white lily  *
James Whistler:
White Girl,1861
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30th June :
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summer night –
watching over the town an angel without wings  *
Photo : Nichita Stanescu
by Virginia Popescu
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