Chevrefeuille is the host today and says:
Your task is to create a haiku or haibun themed “skating”. Try to create a haiku following the classical rules (short moment, seasonword, cuttingword, 5-7-5 syllables and interchangeable first and third line) and your haibun may count a maximum of 150 words.
Have fun!
i
Steel blades clip clop as
the season’s cold dance
for water’s frozen tribute.
ii
Skate’s dashes and dots
leave winter’s messages on
blue white frozen slates.
iii
Inverted “T”s, built
of legs, leather, and steel, spell
winter’s alphabet.
iv
Frozen stage is set
for gliding ballerinas
sporting red noses.
v
Winter’s time machine
is a pair of skates — and figure
8’s infinity.
Tao Talk 
Wonderful! And I just looked up haibun. Hmmm. (Although it sounds like something like shumai!)
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haven’t heard of shumai before. what’s it like? the haibun is like a little story then a haiku, but i’ve only done a few and they weren’t very well done
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https://japan.recipetineats.com/shumai-or-shao-mai-steamed-dumpling/ Loooove them.
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wait a minute, i thought you were talking about a form of poetry!? lol the dumplings do look tasty though <3
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LoL, I thought you might. But c’mon doesn’t haibun sound like a dumpling? Back on topic, where’s the link or site or whatever for the d’verse prompts. I can’t find it (at least not with this prompt). I have to admit I just jotted one off.
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for this challenge, it goes to this page: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/01/23/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-january-23rd-2019-skating/
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I didn’t see this comment until just now! Now I’ll link there, too! Thanks.
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:) awesome!
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here ya go: https://dversepoets.com/ this is the dverse address
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Thanks! That’s the site I had! I’m doing something wrong and can’t find either the prompt nor the link for posting, even though I’m following the site. I’ll figure it out tomorrow. Meanwhile, I linked to your site instead. :D
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this is not a challenge for d’verse tonight. i see you found the other link. good luck in getting it linked up to mlmm
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I like the dot dash code speaking into infinity.
There is a rather elegant script to ice skaters.
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Thank you Jules. I love watching ice dancers on TV.
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