9/17/2012

Anorexia

 
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starved for compliments

pretty girl wasting away

the grim reaper waits


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 Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 18: Starve

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Posted by PattiKen
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25 comments:

  1. PranitaSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:40 PM

    A very strong haiku here Patti... loved it! Today appearances are valued much more than the beauty inside... which is a very very sad development!


    Life in starving rocks!

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  2. TeresaSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:00 PM

    What an important topic. You've really packed an important message into those few words.

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  3. Maude LynnSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:22 PM

    Oh, wow. Powerful haiku.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:52 PM

    Wow! Your first line is dead on.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:56 PM

    Sadly fatalistic.

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  6. Vinay Leo R.September 17, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    I question the need to starve to please people, get an appearance that's stunning.. If only people took more effort to be the best in character than appearance.

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  7. Brian MillerSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:03 PM

    i get you...i think on some level we all like the validation and in absence of it...well i see that with kids all the time...

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  8. ElleceeSeptember 17, 2012 at 6:42 PM

    Your haiku is so sad but true. How I wish it were not. Very well done.

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  9. DulcinaSeptember 17, 2012 at 8:17 PM

    Sad and terrible truth, Patti.
    The last line give chills!
    :)

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  10. Sherry Blue SkySeptember 17, 2012 at 8:37 PM

    This tells the story, and it's a grim one, for sure. So sad.

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  11. Judith WesterfieldSeptember 17, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    I've had anorexics in my practice. You painted a true picture.

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  12. BarbaraSeptember 17, 2012 at 9:20 PM

    Very powerful haiku Patti! Tragic but so often seen in our young people.

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  13. Tarun MazumdarSeptember 17, 2012 at 11:10 PM

    Patti I love this one specially the first line... absolutely true... I can't deny this fact...

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  14. odyzzSeptember 18, 2012 at 2:09 AM

    truly tragic...but its the reality..you have penned down wonderfully...

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  15. Amrit SinhaSeptember 18, 2012 at 2:33 AM

    You have provided a strong message .... well written !!!

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  16. HazelSeptember 18, 2012 at 3:18 AM

    While psychologists stress the human need for compliments, I love the way poets emphasize the message in a few words. Well done Patti.

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  17. awalkinmyheartSeptember 18, 2012 at 3:23 AM

    Sad but so true, all in the name of beauty.

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  18. knot2shareSeptember 18, 2012 at 6:11 AM

    A sad story indeed and what a waste of precious life; only if we knew then that life is much more than the looks.

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  19. ChèvrefeuilleSeptember 18, 2012 at 8:56 AM

    Waste of a precious life ... girls that will be pretty for their surroundings and starving themselves. It's sad ... I once have cared for a young 18 year old boy with annorexia. It was a sad guy ... with a lot of troubles ... for example he was trying to open up to the world as a homosexual but couldn't do that. He was starving himself ... not capable to adjust. Very sad.

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  20. Reading PleasureSeptember 18, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    A very touchign Haiku and a powerful statement

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  21. LocomenteSeptember 18, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    This one brought a smile in my face...
    Very true!!!
    Some starve due to lack of food... Due to inability to buy some... And many starve to look skinny...

    http://locomente.blogspot.in/2012/09/mamma-i-am-starving.html

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  22. TigerbriteSeptember 18, 2012 at 12:35 PM

    Yes, very real tragedies here. Compulsive dieting because of unreal perception of body image, very sad. A Mental disorder.

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  23. Laurie KolpSeptember 18, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    Powerful, a sad reality.

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  24. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2012 at 2:40 PM

    Awful but good, hope you have been spared the experience..

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  25. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2012 at 7:19 PM

    You tackled multiple types of starvation and painted a powerful picture--all in 17 syllables. Nicely done! :)

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