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A haiku is a highly structured poetic snippet consisting of three short phrases that together should trigger an image in your mind. You won't find haikus at Disney. You will find haikus about Disney every Monday on the Disney Dispatch written by JB Conway, author of the well-regarded book, Mouse of Zen, which of course is full of Disney haikus. What better way to step into your Disney week!
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Haiku: Magic Kingdom March #1
Disney poet JB Conway takes the monorail to the magic
The haiku theme for this month is Magic Kingdom March. Each week, JB Conway will evoke the Magic Kingdom in haiku. Maybe it's a ride. Maybe a building. Maybe it's a scent or a sound. Whatever it is, JB's haiku will conjure it in your mind and make it real again.
So it's not March: it's February 28. Close enough, especially when an aspect of this haiku, the first entry for Magic Kingdom March, is springtime.
I said 'aspect', not theme. This haiku really isn't about springtime. It's about arrival.
JB skillfully weaves two kinds of long-awaited arrivals into his haiku. The first is springtime: who doesn't eagerly await the first blooms of spring?
The second is the Magic Kingdom itself: who doesn't eagerly await a glimpse of Cinderella Castle or Space Mountain from the monorail? They 'bloom' on the Florida horizon just as hyacinth and crocus bloom in March, the first signs of spring.
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