I wrote this haiku with a very different idea but on second thoughts, I can see this one meaning different things for different people. Do share your interpretations in the comment section.
Through the window bars,
the moon appears in one piece.
She decides to leave.
Intriguing,….. she’s eloping, following her moon…
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That is such a romantic interpretation, Ivor. Eloping for her moon! This never even crossed my mind. Thanks for sharing it 🙂
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I’m a romantic guy…
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And a positive one too! I was half-expecting all interpretations to be sad or gloomy and you surprised me with your positive version 🙂
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Even though a lot of my poems may appear sad, looking between the lines, there is an under-lying positive touch.
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I know 🙂
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Maybe she wanted expected someone, but that person didn’t appear .
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It’s certainly possible, isn’t it? Broken expectations often decide things for us 🙂
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Yaar confuse kar diya . Uska position aur situation nahi samajh raha.
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Haha! Not to sound too cryptic but same situations can mean different things for different people 🙂
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Intriguing!
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Thank you 🙂
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Moon appearing through the bars! Dream come true.. No wonder she left! ❤
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That’s a beautiful way to look at it ❤
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The image of the bars suggests ennui which you overcome by going outside to appreciate the moon and nature more fully and without hindrance.
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That’s a pretty interesting interpretation 🙂
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She left to live her dreams. Even the bars couldn’t hold her back. The moon, her guiding light through the dark.
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It might sound crazy but this was exactly the thought with which I wrote it. We think alike ❤ ❤
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The moon tends to do that people 😉 ❤
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It does ❤
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So does!
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Interesting, you can add your own interpretation to this!
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My interpretation is almost the same as Dorinda’s, so I decided not to repeat it. However, the spectrum of interpretations that the WordPress community has come up with is seriously amazing! I cannot possibly top that 🙂
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The bars made me think of prison, like in film noir. The moon must’ve come to visit you then left, leaving you behind.
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That is such a visual description! I love it 🙂
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In one piece, with everything this world has done. My faith in humanity is still in one piece. I have hope, I refuse to be a prisoner. Out there in the world, that’s where my heart truly belongs! Lovely!
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Oh wow! You are such a poet at heart, Warren. Your comments are poetry too. I love your interpretation 🙂
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You asked the question, my heart responded! Blessings!
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Thank you 🙂
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Beautiful💝 so elequent and evocative. It’s so fun to go down this list of interpretations.
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Wonderful to hear you enjoyed it. Thank for the lovely comment!
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I love this post for the same reason 🙂
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A broken heart … She expected to see her hearts reflection in the moon but leaves when sees it one piece
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That is beautiful! You gave a new twist to her story. Maybe it was a heartbreak all along. Who knows! 😀
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Haa haa ..nice Haiku by the way
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Thank you 🙂
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My pleasure
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❤
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I was thinking on similar lines. She is caged and through the bars gazes at the moon free up in the sky, the silvery sheen of the moon and reflects upon the darkness of her life caged behind those bars.
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Great minds think alike……😀
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😀
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आत्मा शरीररूपी पिंजड़ा में कैद है,
माया,मोह और प्रेमरूपी सलाखें उसे निकलने नहीं देती,
तभी दूर उसे प्रकाशपुंज दिखाई देता है,
धीरे-धीरे वह उन सभी सलाखों को भेदते हुए,
उसके समीप आ जाता है,
फिर वह निश्चय करती है,
उन सलाखों से निकलने की,
सलाखें वो खिड़की जिसे रोज देखते थे लोग
आज भी है मगर वो नहीं
जो उसके अंदर थी
वो तो चली गयी,
एक प्रकाश ही तो थी सलाखों के उस पार
जो प्रकाश में समाहित हो गयी|
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मेरी तुच्छ रचना को अपनी अद्वितीय कविता से सम्मानित करने के लिए धन्यवाद ! 🙂
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👏👏👏
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I am trying to decide if ‘she’ decides to leave the window or leave the house. Perhaps ‘she’ is broken by the bars and yearns to be whole again, like the moon. Or perhaps ‘she’ is secure where she is, and the moon represents temptation so she turns away from it. 🙂
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I love both your versions actually! Only ‘she’ knows what really happened 🙂
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Indeed!
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🙂
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The moon brings her memories, which she is running away from.
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Or maybe she decides to chase those memories and decides to rediscover them by leaving 🙂
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She decides to leave looking for her moon. 😊🌸
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Lovely 🙂
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You wrote it beautifully. I just added my point 😊
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Thanks again 🙂
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My pleasure
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🙂
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Why be a prisoner to the walls of her room when the moon can be her guide to the world outside? Lovely haiku!
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Such a lovely interpretation! Thanks for reading it 🙂
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My pleasure. 🌹
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🙂
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Prison, that’s what I thought. How much fun to have me around! 🙂
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Haha! That’s actually one of the most popular interpretations I have got for this one 🙂
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(I’ll try again) The bars symbolize an ennui that holds you back from going outside to experience the moon and nature in its complete form. To immerse your soul more completely into an expanded natural environment. (It’s always better a second time)
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Haha yes it is! 🙂
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that made another question?? who is this she ?? the moon? or a women longing for something??
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The identity of the woman rather depends on the reader’s interpretation. Therefore, you get to decide who she is 🙂
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I don’t want to be presumptive. I don’t want to be seen to be taking over your narrative. So what I say now is presented with the most humble point. Of course the woman is obviously you being constricted in an environment that could be interpreted as holding you back. Back from what? Perhaps societal boundaries? Perhaps the guilt of duty?……………… Questions like that are sometimes made to be addressed as self-exploratory and how you answer them can be a very private thing. All part of the bars, but my curiosity is open.
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That’s a very interesting interpretation, Frank. I wish I could corroborate your idea about this poem being biographical but it wasn’t written with that intention. I can understand, though, why it gave that impression because that would have been my first thought too. Hope you find more meanings in these lines 🙂
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I love how you can put so much meaning into so few words – Chekhov would be proud!
And it reminded me of this one saying, not sure who the author is, but it goes something like this: Two prisoners look through the window. One sees only the prison bars, the other – the stars and sky beyond.
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Aren’t you the sweetest, Katyusha! спасибо ❤
And thank you for the beautiful lines you mentioned. I will have to find out who authored them 🙂
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maybe moon is the Mind? 😉
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Maybe 😀
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Obviously she is broken ; she has to leave, to be far away just like the full moon, to become her whole self again.
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It is definitely a possibility 🙂
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And the Moon called her angel back up in the galaxy ….. her rightful place…
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Ever the beacon of optimism, Bhavna! Loved your interpretation ❤
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I really enjoyed this Haiku
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Thank you 🙂
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Pleasure
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Nice and awesome post
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Thanks Vikas 🙂
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There’s someone viewing the moon through a window with bars on it. The person watches the moon which appears to be full until the sun comes up.
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Interesting interpretation 🙂
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Neha, thank you. I don’t mind reading the work of others. I do appreciate artistic ability and individual expression. 😀🌛🌘
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🙂
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Thank you. LOL, was I close to what you were thinking?
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It’s open-ended to begin with, so all interpretations work perfectly 🙂
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She is finished living with one view of the world. Now she will go out and see it without obstruction.
I really like the way this poem invites the reader in to explore possible stories it may be telling.
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Thanks for sharing your interpretation 🙂
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I just stumbled on this. I adore the moon, I can’t see it now from the window, but tomorrow I just may sneak out when everyone else is isolating themselves
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