The Pine Tree
A Nature Haiku
The pine is leaning
How long has it grown this way?
Giving shape to wind.
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Liz Sinclair
Amateur historian who loves travel and lives in Asia. I write 'what-if' historical stories, speculative fiction, travel essays and haiku.
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (8)
Lovely photo and lovely haiku. A perfect match.
Tha last line won the prize. Genuis. Just discovering you. Never too late. Sooooo many of us.
This was a fun Haiku! Nicely done!
A lovely haiku. Congratulations with your placing.
This was so lovely and I think you did a fantastic job hitting the challenge...congratulations!
Now that is how a haiku is done. That last line twist was exquisite. Congratulations on placing in this challenge. ā¤'d and subscribed š¤
Excellent stuff and a real homage to the origins of haiku. Well done!
This is beautiful! Iām in love with that last line! Congrats on your placement! š«