We Are Hounds Forever

Here are my Haiku poems for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge 50.

The words provided were ‘gain’ and ‘hound’. My hounding brain, yielded forth some gain.

love hounds
lovers hound forever
pining love at all wrong places
gain, a wild-goose-chase

lust hounds
molesters hound forever
groping for petty physical gain
oh what sick life!

newshounds
newshounds sniff forever
hoping to gain a sassy story
beware! they may catch you

life is a hound
life hounds forever
for true happiness and joy
gain is a mirage

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Continuing this mood, here’s a very wise quote by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834):

“Happiness is a hound dog in the sun. We are not here to be happy, but to experience great and wonderful things”

So we shouldn’t perpetually try to be happy but we should look for ‘great and wonderful things’.

But Coleridge also said: “The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions – the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.”

Which means we should hound to gain ‘little’, ‘great’, ‘wonderful’ things.

Now what are these ‘little’ things that are ‘great’ and ‘wonderful’, or ‘great’ and ‘wonderful’ things that are ‘little’ and yet ‘great’? Do you know?

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One, Two, Three!

19 thoughts on “We Are Hounds Forever”

What a great set of Haiku, and to find a quote with ‘hound’ in it too! Now that’s what I call clever!

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Alka Girdhar on 25/06/2015 at 7:39 am said:

Thanks! 🙂 They were all in there and merely came out gushing, thanks to the magic of the provided twin words. That quote…I hope it makes it all more meaningful.

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- Wild Daffodil on 25/06/2015 at 7:46 am said:
  
  It certainly does – a rich post indeed!
  
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Alka Girdhar on 25/06/2015 at 7:39 am said:

Thanks again!

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Great set of haiku…. all of them are equally amazing…. 🙂

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Alka Girdhar on 25/06/2015 at 10:14 pm said:

Thanks Maniparna 🙂 Any appreciation means a lot to me.

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This is an excellent post. I like the variation of the word “hound” in each of your poems.

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Alka Girdhar on 28/06/2015 at 9:02 am said:

Thanks Serins! After writing about these four ‘hounds’, many more came into my mind. But I stopped short 🙂

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Alka Girdhar on 29/06/2015 at 12:19 am said:

Thanks Ron! You can pick and choose 🙂 The last one applies on pretty much everyone.

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Very powerful, nasally poignant ❤

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Alka Girdhar on 29/06/2015 at 11:38 am said:

Thanks! Probably too grim. I realize I need to watch out the tone and moods portrayed in my writings.

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- christybharath on 29/06/2015 at 11:39 am said:
  
  On the contrary, I think you should unleash without hesitation. Language is black, white and gray all at once.
  
  You have power in your words, I hope you don’t hold them back.
  
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  - Alka Girdhar on 29/06/2015 at 11:48 am said:
    
    Thanks! And you are right. Only spontaneity can keep bringing out the truth in us or else it will all become made up.
    That…and I’ve been equally unsure about my blog name and the sub-title…’words to change the world’.
    But I’ll keep it as it is. Till I change it 🙂
    
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    - christybharath on 29/06/2015 at 11:49 am said:
      
      Perfect! 🙂
      
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