Wednesday, 8 February 2012

My Mexican Tattoo, Part 3


temporary tattoo
proves to be indelible:
my Mexican souvenir

© Debra She Who Seeks 2006

This haiku of mine was originally published in rain song, Haiku Canada's 2006 Members' Anthology.


29 comments:

  1. oh my gosh, its a lovely tattoo , its like the ones in africa where they rub earth in the wound to create scarring for a raised texture, wow.The Haiku is perfect,

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  2. Oh my the comment about rubbing earth into the wound made me shudder. Have a great day, L.

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  3. it's still pretty nice... despite the pain... but then i heart dragonflies.

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  4. So your body's reaction created a permanent branding? You know, some people actually willingly get branded. Personally, I think it's pretty rockin. Not the fact that you were in crazy pain for months, but the fact that this is on you forever.

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  5. Howling wolf to dragonfly ... WOW and ouch!

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  6. Wow! At least you can tell what it is and there's no ink to fade with the passage of time... trying to look on the bright side! Your Haiku is great :)

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  7. Ill stick with my real "INK" tattoos thank you.

    Glad they figured out what caused the reaction!

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  8. scary!...but it inspired a great haiku!

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  9. Yikes. That is terrible The Haiku almost makes up for it.

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  10. Part one looked mighty painful.

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  11. The best thing to do with one's pain. Nice illustration, too. Is that you?

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  12. wait....this isn't the tat. what am i missing? i am guessing it went away and then you painted this? or am i being a bit dull today?

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  13. I love the poem, but I'm sorry to say it's not a Haiku because it doesn't follow the 5,7,5 rule.

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  14. Sorry, everyone, guess I wasn't as clear as I might have been! The photos in today's post (Part 3) and yesterday's post (Part 2) are random photos of allergic contact dermatitis tattoos that I got from the internet, because I don't have a photo of my howling wolf tattoo when it was in that state. I just have the photo used in Part 1 when it was freshly inked and before the reaction started.

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  15. haha...at least i was close! if you have eaten polents, you have eaten grits!

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  16. At least you don't have an indelible Tasmanian Devil tattoo ; )

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  17. Ouch! I do like the design, shame it's not quite what you wanted though!

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  18. Well it is a nice shade of pink, and hey, textured...you are a trend setter Debra... everyone will want a raised pink tat now!

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  19. Really, this is actually pretty cool looking if it wasn't itchy. :-) I absolutely love henna designs; I think they're beautiful. I knew about the black ink, but honestly don't think I would've even thought of it in getting a henna design in Mexico. I love the Mayan Riviera area, too! Only been twice and both times I wanted to move there to live. Even looked at properties online. Glad your itching is over!

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  20. I was going to write about how sore it looked. I was surprised that you had gone and gotten another one - then I read your comment. Thank heavens. Great haiku!

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  21. Great Haiku! Not so great rash. I'm glad you mentioned this, because I almost got myself one too while in Mexico. I was thinking "next time" - but not now!

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  22. Great pain brings on greater art.
    I love the haiku!

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  23. i live with acute tendinitis, both hands, a crushed vertebra, from my 20s [now surrounded by arthritis and osteo] and NO intention of giving myself further pain to have deal with, daily... thankyouverymuch....

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  24. Congrats on being published!

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