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Question: Do you understand this Haiku!?
In our severing
I toast with a shattered glass
Always the laughterWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Not fully, but I often like things that aren't fully obvious!.

There is a bitter sense to this poem!. Toasting a severing!. A celebration marking the cracks and fissures of a relationship--very strong!. The laughter to me conveys not as a reminder of joy mixed in pain, but instead a sense of surrounding laughter from the crowd that is more sardonic and bitter!. Perhaps even the speaker laughing painfully at their own situation!.

I like this very much!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It sounds to me like there is a parting of the ways occurring and laughter is being used as a sort of defense to cover up the pain that is being felt!. The shattered glass seems to represent a shattered heart!.

That's what I get out of it anyway!. I really like it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Are you speaking of toasting someone farewell!? Maybe sarcastically!? It is very cryptic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

My interpretation:
"In our severing" = The day of divorce, a fine day indeed!
"I toast with a shattered glass" = I "toss" the one you broke over my head!.
"Always the laughter" They all laughed when I married the jerk!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would not say I "understand" it because I feel it is the perfect balance between intellect and emotion!. So, I feel and understand it, both at the same time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Is it - A parting has occurred - the laughter (past & present) of the relationship - is celebrated with the shattered glass (reverent and memorial)Www@QuestionHome@Com

The shattered glass represents a broken relationship!. The parties involved are making a toast to the laughter (the good times) they had as they sever (part) the relationship!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Cry me an ocean
of holy water
and i would still
not believe

You are upset
the tender roses
hugs the gardner
before he leave
AND
never did a red rose
cut a gardeners hand
since adam and eveWww@QuestionHome@Com

Hi Elys,
Someone has broken a Heart and in Pain, toasting with a Shattered glass to release their Pain!.!.That My Friend is what I am understanding!.!.
Your Friend,
poppy1Www@QuestionHome@Com

Literally, your glasses broke upon impact in the toast, hence the laughter!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes I understand and I like it!.

Try this

In our last today,
toasting with shattered glasses
I hope your heart bleeds!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is painful to shatter a relationship, but sometimes it is best!. Hence, the laughter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Her little toy is out of batteries and it's only 11 PM!. The nearest store is 3 miles away and her hubby has the car and no cell phone!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A broken heart somewhere!? And someone trying to hide it well!. It was not a good relationship!.

Just thought I'd speak the obvious!. eeeeeWww@QuestionHome@Com

Pretending to part amicably!? Toasting with a shattered glass is false sincerity!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You told him it was amicable, while biting your lip incessant!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I get it!. Even tho the relatonship is over, you still have the happy memories!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In my listening
I hear with attending ear
breaking slippers glassWww@QuestionHome@Com

As we both part ways
A tear falls, not from sadness
'Tis a tear of joyWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Salamader
By the tale he has no hold
Fore I will shed itWww@QuestionHome@Com

Some one is having an affair!? It hurts that they are parting, yet they don't show it!. They keep up a good front!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nope sorryWww@QuestionHome@Com

I can'tWww@QuestionHome@Com

Short
Sad
SweetWww@QuestionHome@Com

numb!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No i don'tWww@QuestionHome@Com

No I don't!.!.!.!.!.
!.!.!.!.!.are they elves or roosters!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com