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Losing Control

For Paul and John's Three Word Haiku/Senryu Unofficial Challenge

By Julie LacksonenPublished 2 months ago β€’ 1 min read
Losing Control
Photo by Duncan Shaffer on Unsplash

Humiliating,

Undifferentiating,

Overpowering

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Thank you, Paul and John for the inspiration. It's amazing what you can say with three words.

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Julie Lacksonen

Julie has been a music teacher at a public school in Arizona since 1987. She enjoys writing, reading, walking, swimming, and spending time with family.

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  • Paul Stewart3 days ago

    The results are in - check them out - https://goodofferhubx.top/writers/john-and-paul-s-three-word-haiku-senryu-unofficial-challenge-the-results%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="w4qknv-Replies">.css-w4qknv-Replies{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;}

  • Tiffany Gordon18 days ago

    Powerful & effective!

  • Rain Dayze20 days ago

    Very powerful!

  • KA Stefana about a month ago

    Well done!

  • Susan Paytonabout a month ago

    Julie - It is absolutely amazing what you can say in just three words. It highlights our current situation in just three words. Nicely Done!!!

  • YES Thank you πŸ’ͺβ›ΉοΈβ€β™€οΈπŸ€πŸ₯‡πŸŠβ€β™€οΈβ€πŸ˜†πŸŽ‡πŸŽ‡πŸŽ†πŸŒŒπŸŒ…⛩️⛩️⛩️⛩️ . . . . BLESSINGS! Power to you! πŸ›ΈπŸŒ†πŸŒ†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜† . . . . πŸŽ‡πŸŽ‡πŸŽ†β›©οΈ . . ⛩️⛩️ . .

  • Andrea Corwin 2 months ago

    Good one!

  • Aarsh Malik2 months ago

    The word choice is impeccable. β€˜Undifferentiating’ especially lingered in my mind.

  • Paul Stewart2 months ago

    Thank you for taking part and if such a biting examination of modern times! Ive subscribed to you, as wasn't already so looking forward to reading more by you! thank you again for taking part!

  • Fabulous well done πŸ†πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹

  • Great use of three words to highlight our current nightmare! Very impressive! βš‘πŸ’™ Bill ⚑

  • Nicely written ❀️ πŸ‘Œ

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