Epiphanies

Epiphany - that wonderful AHA! flash/bang/boom point in the continuum when you suddenly 'get it' - that perfect moment of revelation and insight, of clarity and understanding.  It’s that split second lightning bolt when all the mystical symbols of the universe work in united precision to open your eyes and your mind.   

Now if only it would happen when one actually needed it to happen, and not in some interval after the fact.

But I digress...

Today's posts are about epiphanies.  With epigraphs.  Why?  Because first, I'm in an epically good mood.  Second, because Writer's Island decided that that particular word should be their prompt of the week (which obviously inspired my first poem) and finally, because I subsequently realized (another epiphany?) that the theme worked kinda nicely for the Haiku Challenge of Sis/Few Miles, too.

Image courtesy of Lenina

How Burns Got His Inspiration

"Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany." ~Christian Wiman

Fair, I cross the yard.

Ouch!  What’s that?  A haggis?  Ah!

I must write an ode.

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Misplaced Symbol of Love

"If only there were a longer time between epiphany and epitaph." ~David Glaser

I’m in big trouble!

Here she comes!  Act cool...turn page...

Oh!  That’s where it is!

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