Oasis

54 thoughts on “Oasis”

1. I would call this a systematic analysis and self criticism.too.

   But love the optimism here. So onward battle for greater successes 🙂

   • thanks Nanka 😀 glad you liked the optimism 🙂

2. Lovely words, Leo, and great Os for the O Day! Hope your week is going well! Enjoy!

   Sylvia

   • thanks, Sylvia 🙂

3. May your tired heart find the right oasis ! ALways nice to read you!

   • Always nice to have you read me too, Blaga 😀 glad you liked it.

4. Aww….this poem speaks to me as if it is your life and that brought a big wet tear to the corner of my eye. So I couldn’t read through that corner and had to use my full eye. 😉

   So then I saw that it’s just another wonderful poem by Leo in true Leo style..!!! 😀 Loved it!!! 😀

   • I’d no idea about a Leo style, Rumz 😉 glad you loved it..

5. Nice poem, although I had to look up ‘oliphant’ actually, I had to google it, because none of my dictionaries had the word in it. Not sure I understand it yet. Maybe you can explain it to me. I have a small mind. hehe

   • Oliphant means “strong” or “great strength”, Ann 🙂 glad you liked the poem..

6. So oliphant means Great Strrngth! Who’d have thought it! I suppose an elephant demonstrates oliphant. Sorry.

   • lol 😀 don’t know jumbo mumbo Rinkly.. sorry 😀

   • Rinkley you’re too funny!

     • yeah.. she is for sure, Amanda 😀 Oliphant Elephant 😉

7. An oasis indeed. Nicely done.

   • thanks a lot, Anthony sir! 🙂 glad you liked it..!

8. Nice work, to be sure!

   • thanks Tumble Words! 🙂

9. optimism can be powerful.
   ROG, ABC Wednesday team

   • yes, it can be, Roger 🙂

10. Wonderful progression to reach your Oasis, Leo.

    • thank you, Hildred 🙂

11. Where lies my oasis now? Wonderful question and reflection. Memorable. – bill

    • thanks Bill 🙂 glad u liked it.. and yeah, a reflective question for sure, that 😀

12. Excellent vocab there Leo. Thanks to you I have learnt a new word altogether. O for Oliphant..LOL..:D

    • haha 🙂 yeah, O for Oliphant.. true, Vibz 😀 glad u liked it..

13. I like the way you’ve linked the haikus like a poem with a verse between. :O)

    • thanks, Madeleine 🙂

14. I like the little refrains that appear between the haiku “verses”!

    Sensational Watery Grace!

    • thanks MMT 🙂 glad you liked it..!

15. and i thought i would need a dictionary for “oliphant”… hope was beautifully illustrated in this poem of yours, leo. thanks for the new word i learned today. 😉

    • 🙂 its not really a dictionary word maybe, but that’s what it means, Pink Lady 🙂 glad you liked the poem..!

16. nice…special and truly optimistic..!!! well done Leo..!!!

    • thanks Ms. Meduri 🙂

17. Onwards, Onwards. I have the good fortune of being an eternal Optimist… can always find an Oasis. Outstanding haiku, Leo.

    • I can too, Francisca.. I hope to do it soon 🙂

18. That is awesome your first line says so much “Tired heart needs shelter” that really said it all. I hope you find your Oasis!

    • thank you, Amanda.. I hope so too 🙂

19. Within each of us there is indeed the oasis that we seek. Your words alone are an oasis.

    • yeah.. we seek that oasis always.. thanks for dropping by, Molokai 🙂

20. Have been reading lots of O’s for optimism. Mine is for Opportunity!

    • ah.. I didnt see the rest of the pack, SW 🙂 will come by soon..

21. This was wonderful, Leo. We are our own oases–aren’t we.

    Gayle xoxo

    • yeah, we are our own oases for sure 🙂 glad u liked it, Bodhi Rose…!

22. Great haiku – I have enough issues with one prompt – can’t believe how you poetically multitask!

    • 😀 thanks Ria.. glad you liked the combo haikus 🙂

23. This is just lovely. Every day needs its oasis.
    Bless you.

    http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/sensational-haiku-wednesday-the-ace-of-cups/

    • yes, and every one needs theirs too, Victoria 🙂

24. Very well done, much enjoyed this….ahhh I smile for the “illusion” perhaps far more in it sometimes…excellent writing 🙂 April ~

    • thank you very much, April.. yes, it does feel like an illusion sometimes doesn’t it 🙂

25. I’m late! Sorry Leo. These are an interesting study in working through life’s problems. Well done 🙂

    • oh don’t apologize Jenn.. you’re not late 😀 glad you liked the haikus..! 🙂

26. http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/halloween-party-at-jingle-poetry-monday-poetry-potluck-tomorrow/

    hope to see you at potluck tonight.
    feel free to claim anything in the post.
    have fun!
    cheers.
    xx

    • thanks for the invite Ji 😉 will defi be there 😀

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