Mesmerize: A Haiku...!!!


Jihaad or killing in
the name of GOD? mesmerized
I saw the twins fall

Written for: Haiku-Heights(part of The April Heights Month)

PS: A tribute to those who died in 9/11 Twin-Tower attack... :'(

Comments

  1. Mohini PuranikApril 23, 2012 at 12:03 AM

    So meaningful only in 3 lines, with least words. I couldn't think, mesmerize with this angle too.

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  2. Jaideep RaoApril 23, 2012 at 12:06 AM

    That was the one sad incident that took place,americans learnt their lessons, and we are yet to..

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  3. Ramesh SoodApril 23, 2012 at 12:16 AM

    You have thought it well.. a different angle here..lessons to remember..

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  4. debuApril 23, 2012 at 12:58 AM

    I loved the contrast here. mesmerize i used to connect to something wonderful and facinating..ya i stood hypnotized too,,,

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  5. PranitaApril 23, 2012 at 1:52 AM

    Out of the box rendition of this prompt... very true... the incident always hovers a sense of darkness inside!

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  6. magiceyeApril 23, 2012 at 1:18 PM

    tragic

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  7. Sri ValliApril 23, 2012 at 3:55 PM

    Lovely!
    No religion encourages violence!...Its just people have gone mad...

    Sweet escape

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  8. SimranApril 23, 2012 at 5:53 PM

    Wow!
    Again you are with something so different ! :)

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  9. UnknownApril 23, 2012 at 7:24 PM

    2 see tons of steel concrete being razed down is indeed mesmerizing albeit a gruesome one, hw can God ask sumone to seek revenge on his behalf...Al-Qaeda is indeed an institution of madmen.....
    As far as d Haiku is concerned wat can i say..three powerful lines.. :)

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  10. carol l mckennaApril 23, 2012 at 7:33 PM

    awesome haiku ~ thanks, namaste, ^_^

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  11. BikramApril 23, 2012 at 8:21 PM

    any war that kills innocent people , and is targetted towards innocent HOW CAN THAT BE JIHAAAD...

    in the attack more outsiders died then americans itself ...

    Bikram's

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  12. PattiKenApril 23, 2012 at 10:01 PM

    Jihaad? Killing in the name of God?

    I think most of us here would call it a cowardly act of murder. The word I would use to describe how I felt as those towers came down, bringing our way of life down with them, is stunned. I was stunned with horror.

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  13. Magical Mystical TeacherApril 24, 2012 at 6:45 AM

    I think the whole world was mesmerised...

    Mesmerize

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