Star – Haiku 2022 #Thursday Doors

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Image credit: dialymain.co.uk / via Nelson Anderson Real Estate

full of character

on its last legs —resurrected

by a rising star

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***Written for Thursday Doors – Dan Antion @ No Facilities***

Remarks: Located at 20 Beith Street, Melbourne Australia, this Edwardian-style modest bungalow with its single door was built in the 1960’s.

Trivia: This home’s weather-beaten facade (pictured as is) was featured in Beyoncé‘s 2013 video, where she sang “No Angel” on the verandah, with the door and window as the set’s backdrop. Years later, following stunning renovations, the house sold for over 1 million dollars in May 2020.

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59 thoughts on “Star – Haiku 2022 #Thursday Doors”

  3. 1960, wrinkled and firmly standing,
    Meditating upon the week we are passing through ⭐Resurrected by a star⭐ is the phrase that caught my heart without reading the background info to this quaint wrinkled place.
    Amazing how “No Angel” transformed the work of an Angel by and Angel.
    Charity or star influence work in magical ways,

    Your haiku too.

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    1. Your meditation is spot on. The choice of photo, haiku and the door’s history was meant for This week. So thank you for noticing the reference to The Bright Morning star resurrected in this week’s observances. Amen!

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      1. Thank you. I hardly ever read the references or inspirations for your haiku, – which I should- today was one those where i did read and I’m so glad I did.
        Yes a symbolic haiku which evoked many feelings and thoughts, so many dimensions contained in it. Wreckage, floods, The door!! The Hope…and the Confidence.
        Wishing you a blessed Easter and blessed holiday rest.

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      3. Indeed, the combination spoke of so many things and the resurrection stood out for me.
        I’m always so curious how different folk find various meanings in poetry.
        Thank you I shall, my days will be filled up with holy rest.

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      4. Wonderful. The Resurrection did for me as well.
        That’s the gift of all art…the amazement of meaning through each person’s perspective.
        You are most welcome…Enjoy😊

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      5. Absolutely, the haiku reverberated Resurrection for me coupled with restoration and renewal.
        So true, no matter the original feeling or thought, pain or joy, each reader extracts and respond differently

        Thank you poet, a great time to immerse myself in these. Resurrection, restoration and renewal.
        You too, enjoy🙂

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      1. I live in nowhere, Mississippi, and I often pass old falling down barns on the side of road. I have been meaning to go out and get pictures of them, but I never got around to it. And many of them are now toppled over of bulldozed. I think they are beautiful, but in a sad kind of way.

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  8. And so like some of our old, decrepit bodies being restored on the inside. One can imagine the richness of love inside, hoping for that final restoration. Just lovely, Suzette.

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    1. A wonderful meditation Mary Jo. I enjoyed reading your comment. Thank you for noting, with discernment, the “intent” in the post as a whole.
      Happy Thursday. Blessings to you, Mary Jo. And, peace to you.

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  12. Ah, here you are! Thank you for your comment last week – I looked for your blog but couldn’t reach it, so am jazzed to be here. There is a lot of good to say for character, and the evidence of the past:)

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  13. Shabby chic wins again. I can’t imagine any renovations that would cause a house that size to sell for that price, but perhaps it was enlarged as well. The story was interesting and your haiku given greater depth because of it.

    janet

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  19. The style and materials are typical of Australian domestic architecture at the turn of the century – the Edwardian period. I’d hazard a guess that it was built for a working-class family or person in the early 1900s. If you put the address into Google Street View (the house is in the suburb of Brunswick), you will see that it was modernised and added to recently. The house next door, however, maintains the original style and adornments.

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